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INSIDE 

The  Talking  Violin  - 
improvisatory  blues  and 
jazz  on  a  "classical" 
instrument 

Xmas  eve  homeless 
special 

A  reading  series  of 
American  short  stories 

Behind  the  scenes  of 
contemporary  American 
music  performance 


HAPPY       HOLIDAYS! 


Page  2 


WBAI  FM  99.5 


Report  to  the  Listener 


Aflcr  a  long  and  arduous  search,  the  Program  Director 
Hiring  Committee  recommended  Andrew  Phillips  as  the 

Ccrson  for  the  position.  Effective  November  13th,  Andrew 
ecame  our  new  Program  Director.  His  name  and  work 
are  familiar  to  many  of  our  listeners.  He  has  been  at  WBAI 
for  over  seven  years  and  is  currently  the  host  of  Investiga- 
tions, heard  every  other  Thursday  evening  at  10pm.  As  an 
independent  radio  producer,  Andrew  has  worked  for  the 
Australian  Broadcasting  Company  and  the  Canadian 
Broadcasting  Company  -  and  we  look  forward  to  working 
with  him. 

While  we  have  cause  to  be  excited  about  Andrew  assuming 
his  new  position,  we  say  a  sad  good-by  to  Valerie  Van  Isler, 
who  was  our  Program  Administrator  while  we  searched  for 
the  last  seven  months  to  find  a  permanent  PD.  Valerie  put 
in  many  hard  hours  -  it  was  not  unusual  to  come  in  at  9am, 
then  find  that  she  was  still  at  work  at  midnight  that  same 
day.  She  is  driven  by  her  dedication  and  love  for  WBAI. 
Personally,  I  will  miss  her  daily  presence  a  great  deal  -  her 
good,  strong  advice  was  always  readily  available  and  while 
I  was  in  Southeast  Asia  this  summer,  I  knew  that  Valerie- 
was  back  home  taking  care  of  business  at  BAI.  It  was  not 
only  her  competence  that  mattered,  however  -  it  was  and  is 
her  warm  and  gentle  heart,  her  loyalty  and  strength  that  I 
will  miss,  and  so  will  the  rest  of  the  staff.  She  wilfof  course- 
remain  with  us  as  a  producer,  and  hopefully,  the  future  will 
hold  good  things  for  her  at  the  station.  Val  (as  many  of  us 
call  her),  we  love  you  and  thank  you. 


On  a  different  note,  we  have  once  again  received  a  $15,000 
grant  from  the  Schcrman  Foundation.  This  has  enabled  us 
to  expand  our  physical  space  -  we  have  acquired  1,000 
more  square  feet  in  505  8th  Avenue.  By  moving  some  of 
our  administrative  offices  into  this  space,  we  will  have 
more  room  for  studio  development,  program  and  producer 
space  and  a  room  for  our  vast  archives,  which  arc  presently 
being  stored  (none  too  optimally)  in  a  warehouse.  There 
have  been  great  improvements  at  the  station  over  the  last 
year,  and  this  grant  will  help  us  continue  this  process. 

In  addition,  the  Pacifica  Foundation  has  given  us  $73,000  to 
purchase  a  new  transmitter.  Work  will  begin  soon  to  make 
our  signal  clearer  and  stronger,  and  we  can  finally  remove 
the  circle  of  magic  dust  that  we  placed  around  the  old 
transmitter  to  protect  it  from  harm! 

1990  marks  our  30th  anniversary,  and  we  have  many  special 
events  and  broadcasts  being  planned  (which  you  will  read 
more  about  in  the  January  Folio).  These  events  will  be  in- 
volving you,  our  subscribers,  so  be  sure  to  read  your 
January  Folio. 

Finally,  we  hope  to  see  you  at  our  Holiday  Crafts  Fair.  As 
always,  it  will  beautiful. 

It  is  hard  to  believe  that  another  decade  has  passed,  but  it 
has  -  and  our  only  sensible  choice  is  to  look  ahead  and 
hope  for  the  best. 

Rosemarie  Reed 


WBAI 


STAFF 


ADMINISTRATION 

General  Manager 

Rosemarie  Reed 

Program  Director 

Andrew  Phillips 

Assistant  Manager 

Nydia  Flores 

Operations  Coordinator 

Andy  T.  Wandzilak 

Assistant  Manager-Operations 

Dan  Finton 

Operation*  Assistants 

Max  Schmid,  Sidney  Smith,  Tom  Whelan 

Public  Affairs  Director 

Mario  Murillo 

Arts  Director 

Bill  Moore 

Development 

David  Rothenberg 

Bookkeeper 

Lisa  North 

Subscriptions  /  Computing 

Allen  Markman 

Receptionist 

Fred  Kuhn 

Administrative  Assistant 

Dorothy  Altman 

NEWS 

Editors  Amy  Goodman,  Jennie  Bourne 
Contributing  Reporters  Deborah  Begel,  Jen- 
nie Bourne,  Eric  Corley,  Paul  DeRienzo,  John 
Epstein,  Tom  Hamilton,  Michael  G.  Haskins, 
Maria  Hinojosa,  David  Isay,  Jesse  Keyes 
(Morning  News  Editor),  Robert  Knight,  Andy 
Lanset.  Ron  Stetler,  Laura  Sydell.  Annette 
Walker,  Judith  Walker.  Eric  Williams. 

AFTER  THE  NEWS 

Economics:  Bill  Tabb  Econonews:  Maarten 
DeKadt,  Richard  Schrader 
International  Attairs:  Samori  Marksman. 
Labor  and  Community  Issues  Ken  Nash  and 


Mimi  Rosenberg  Psychology  of  Economics: 
Leo  Cawley  Science/Peace:  Michio  Kaku. 

LIVE  RADIO 

Margot  Adler,  Creative  Unity  Collective,  Bob 
Fass,  Mike  Feder,  Jim  Freund.  Paul  Gorman, 
Fred  Herschkowitz,  Citizen  Katka.  Robert 
Knight,  Simon  Loekle,  R.  Paul  Martin, 
Rosemari  Mealy,  David  Rothenberg,  Habte 
Selassie,  Sidney  Smith,  Carletta  J.  Walker, 
Bernard  White,  Will  K  Wilkins,  Peter  Lam- 
born  Wilson. 

PUBLIC  AFFAIRS 

Eva  Yaa  Asantewaa,  Phyllis  Bennis,  Jennifer 
Bernet,  Dennis  Bernstein,  Lydia  Bragger, 
Elombe  Brath,  Jim  Buck,  Dave  Burstein. 
Andrew  Byard,  Leo  Cawley,  Kal  Crooks, 
Lloyd  D'Aguilar,  Martin  DeKadt,  Mick  Dewan, 
Jerry  Edwin,  Bob  Eng,  Anne  Frost,  Barbara 
Glickstein,  Ken  Grossinger,  Larry  Gutenberg, 
Brett  Harvey,  Janet  Hedman,  Allen 
Herschkowitz,  Susan  Heske.  Paul  Hoeffel, 
Stuart  Hutchison,  Brandon  Judell.  Michio 
Kaku,  Judith  Kallas.  Kamado,  Hank  Kee, 
Jesse  Keyes,  Joe  King,  Alice  Krakauer,  Julie 
Light,  John  McDonagn,  Diane  Mancino, 
Samori  Marksman.  Diana  Mason,  John 
Mason.  David  Mendelsohn,  Santiago  Nieves, 
Sally  O'Brien,  Koti  Pendergrass.  Andrew  Phil- 
lips. Valecia  Phillips,  Susan  Radosh, 
Rosemarie  Reed.  Sheila  Ryan,  Richard 
Schrader,  Scott  Sommer,  William  Tabb, 
Paula  Tedesco,  Valerie  Van  Isler,  Ralph  Vega, 
Jr.,  Shelton  Walden,  Annette  Walker,  Carletta 
J.  Walker,  Tom  Whelan,  Tom  Wisker,  Robert 
Yuan 

ARTS 

Jan  Albert,  Hernando  Alvaricci,  Al  Angeloro, 
Roxanne  Aubrey.  Alma  Avila,  Jennifer  Bernet, 
Sue  Renee  Berstem.  Rodney  Black,  Peter 
Bochan,  Ted  Bonnitt.  Dolores  Brandon. 
Susan  Browne.  Bill  Canaday,  Boris  Car- 
denas, Doug  Cheesman,  Anthony  Coggi.  Bill 
Farrar,  Phil  Garfinkle.  Frederick  GeoBold. 


Charlie  Gilbert,  Sharon  Griffiths,  Edward 
Haber,  Rick  Harris,  Joseph  Hurley,  Mahmoud 
Ibrahim,  Chet  Jackson.,  Kristen  Johnson, 
Dave  Kenney,  Manya,  Yusef  Lamont,  Julie 
Lyonn  Lieberman,  Simon  Loekle,  Lee  Lowen- 
fish,  Harold  Lucious,  Michael  Mabern,  Darrell 
McNeill,  Rosemari  Mealy,  Mickey  Melendez, 
Edward  Menie.  Susan  Menje.  Bill  Moore. 
Lance  Neal,  Mike  Nelson.  David  Nolan. 
Mildred  Norman,  Gary  Olson,  Kofi 
Pendergrass,  Clare  Pentecost,  Valecia  Phil- 
lips, Tom  Pomposello,  Pat  Rich,  Nancy 
Rodriguez,  Lee  Ryan,  Michael  Scarola,  Don 
Scherdin,  Max  Schmid,  Anthony  Sloan, 
Regma  Fionto  Sokol,  Victoria  Starr,  Dan  Tep- 
per,  Tom  Tortorella,  Jordyn  Tyson,  Tom  Vi- 
tale,  Joyce  West,  Christ  whent,  Brandon 
Whitney,  Malika  Lee  Whitney 

ENGINEERS 

Jennifer  Bernet.  Natalie  Budelis,  Daniel  Fin- 
ton.  Ulysses  T  Good,  R.  Paul  Martin,  Bob 
Parrett,  Koli  Pendergrass  (Production  En- 
gineer), Anthony  Sloan,  David  Smith,  Peter 
Cedric  Smith,  Tom  Tortorella.  Bill  Wells 
(Chief  Engineer),  Paul  Williams,  Paul 
Wunder. 

WBAI  Local  Board 

Dorothy  Altman  (statt  representative)  Samuel 
Anderson,  Leslie  Cagan,  Oymin  Chin, 
Theodore  Conant,  Miriam  Dinerman,  Renee 
Farmer,  Kathy  Goldman,  Bray  Healy,  An- 
thony Mazzocchi,  Cecelia  McCall,  Rosemari 
Mealy.  Philip  Tajitsu  Nash,  Steve  Post,  Char- 
les Potter,  Caryl  Ratner,  Paul  Robeson,  Jr  . 
Nan  Rubin,  Eugene  Straus,  Valerie  Van  Isler 
(staff  representative).  Marjorie  Waxman.  Mil- 
ton Zisman 


WBAI  FOLIO 
Editor 

Sharon  Griffiths 


WBAI  FM  99.5 


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Filmmakers  Emile  De  Antonio  (above) 

and  Lionel  Rogosin  are  interviewed  by 

Stuart  Hutchison  on  Friday, 

December  1st  at  1pm. 

FRIDAY  December  1 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 

Will  K.  Wilkins. 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

8:30  THE  MORNING  SHOW  continues 

9:30  CRAFT  CONVERSATIONS.  Rick 
Harris  previews  the  WBAI  Holiday 
Crafts  Fair,  one  of  the  most  exciting 
crafts  expositions  in  America,  with 
Matt  Alperin,  director  of  the  Fair. 

9:35  THIRD  WORLD  MUSIC 
MASTERS.  Producer  Richard  B.  Isles  in- 
terviews Jon  Faddis  and  plays  his  music. 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition  issues  with  Gary  Null. 

1:00  LIONEL  ROGOSIN  AND  EMILE 
DE  ANTONIO:  LEFT  WING 
FILMMAKERS.  Rogosin  and  de  Antonio 
were  pioneers  in  the  "New  American 
Cinema"  movement  in  the  1950s,  where 
artists  mixed  politics  and  a  "liberation 
esthetic"  in  film.  This  special  will  cover 
everything  from  Pull  Mv  Daisy  (with 
Jack  Kerouac's  narrative),  to  Rogosin's 
Come  Back.  Africa,  the  first  international- 
ly distributed  anti-apartheid  film  which 
also  introduced  Miriam  Makeba  to  the 
West,  and  de  Antonio's  In  The  Year  of 
the  Pig.  Underground  and  his  latest, 
Mr.  Hoover  and  I.  Both  directors  will  be 
interviewed  live  in  our  studios  by 
producer  Stuart  Hutchison. 

2:30  UNDERCURRENTS  COVERAGE 

with  the  WBAI  Undercurrents  team  - 
Dennis  Bernstein,  Robert  Knight,  and 
Jessica  Jiji. 

3:30  MEDIUM  HOT.  International 
affairs  with  an  emphasis  on  how  the 
media  presents  the  issues. 


Produced  by  Adele  Oltman  and  Sheila 
Ryan. 

4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE 

with  host  Joseph  Hurley,  featuring  the 
Evening  Serial  at  4:30,  and  The  Screen- 
ing Room  at  5:30  with  Paul  Wunder  and 
Joseph  Hurley  reviewing  and  discussing 
the  latest  films.  "Today,  Academy 
award-winning  actress  Patricia  Neal  is 
interviewed  by  Joseph  Hurley  about  her 
current  autobiography,  As  I  Am. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  DATELINE  NICARAGUA.  The 

story  behind  the  headlines  -  news  and 
features  direct  from  Managua. 
Produced  by  Julie  Light. 

7:00  AIDS  IN  FOCUS,  a  weekly 
magazine  on  the  politics  and  culture  of 
the  AIDS  pandemic,  produced  by 
Michael  Alcalay. 

7:15  FEARFUL  SYMMETRY  with  Leo 

Cawley. 

8:00  BEHIND  THE  SCREENS.  Movie 
matters  with  Delores  Hayes. 

8:30  A  MOVEABLE  FEAST.  Authors 
read  and  discuss  their  latest  works  with 
Tom  Vitale.  Tonight,  Oscar  Hijuelos 
reads  from  his  novel,  The  Mambo  Kings 
Plav  Songs  of  Love  and  talks  about 
music,  memory  and  Cuban-American 
culture. 


DID  YOU  KNOW  THAT...  it  takes  an 
entire  year's  planning  and  work  to 
produce  each  December's  Holiday 
Crafts  Fair?  In  fact,  the  initial  work  is 
done  for  the  following  year's  event  even 
before  the  conclusion  of  the  current  Fair 
(kind  of  like  the  Folio...) 


9:00  HOME  FRIES.  Uve  radio, 
comedy,  music  and  call-ins  with  Fred 
Herschkowitz. 

10:30  BLACK  ROCK  COALITION 

12:00  NIGHTFLYTE.  Music  with  Kofi 
Pendergrass. 


Jazz  Trumpeter  Jon  Faddis  is  Interviewed 

by  producer  R.B.  Isles  on  Friday, 

December  1st  at  9:30am. 

3:00  MUSIC  FROM  THE  CENTER  OF 
THE  EARTH  with  hosts  Bill  Wells  and 
Gary  Olson. 

SATURDAY  December  2 

5:00  HOUR  OF  THE  WOLF.  Science 

fiction,  fantasy,  enchantment,  and  the 
imagination.  Live  radio  with  Jim  Freund. 

7:00  AS  I  PLEASE.  "...  for  none  of  us 
can  ever  express  the  exact  measure  of 
his  needs  or  thoughts  or  his  sorrows; 
and  human  speech  is  like  a  cracked  ket- 
tle on  which  we  tap  crude  rhythms  for 
bears  to  dance  to,  while  we  long  to 
make  music  that  will  melt  the  stars." 

8:30  ANY  SATURDAY.  Uve  radio  with 
David  Rothenberg. 

10:30  LUNCHPAIL  Uve  radio  with  Paul 
Gorman. 

12:30  PIPER  IN  THE  MEADOW  STRAY- 
ING. Folk  music  with  Edward  Haber. 

2:00  COUNTRY  MUSIC  ALTERNA- 
TIVES. Bluegrass  and  traditional  music 
with  Tom  Tortorella. 

3:30  SLIPKNOT!  Music  with  Spyder. 

4:30  JAZZ  SAMPLER  with  Bill  Farrar. 

6:00  HEAR  AND  NOW.  New  music 
with  Cynthia  Bell  and  Julie  Lyonn 
Lieberman. 

7:00  HOUSING  NOTEBOOK  with 

members  of  the  Metropolitan  Council 
on  Housing. 

8:00  WORLD  DANCE  PARTY.  African, 
Caribbean  and  Afro-Cuban  music, 
produced  by  Al  Angeloro. 

10:30  RADIO  UNNAMEABLE.  Live 
radio  with  Bob  Fass. 

1:00  LABBRISH.  Live  radio  with  Habte 
Selassie. 


Oscar-winning  acrtess  Patricia  Neal  is 

interviewed  by  Joseph  Hurley  on  the  Friday 

Arts  Magazine.  December  1st  at  4:30pm. 


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WBAI  FM  99.5 


On  June  2,  1987,  Kaiya  Komisamk.  a 
young  peace  activist,  singly  committed 
Plowshares  action  #23  -  the  first  on  the 
West  Coast.  Katya  entered  Vandenburg 
Airforce  Base  at  night  and  found  her  way 
to  the  Navstar  Global  Positioning  System 
complex.  Upon  entering  the  building, 
destroyed  the  system's  extensive  com- 
puter, damaged  a  large  satellite  dish  and 
wrote  her  justifications  on  the  computer 
and  building  walls:  "International  I  .aw," 
"Nuremberg  Principles,"  "Defense  of 
Necessity."  Katya  then  left  the  base, 
returned  to  San  Francisco,  reported  her 
actions  to  Vandenberg  officials  and 
scheduled  a  press  conference.  The  FBI 
arrested  her  that  day  and  she  was  sub- 
sequently charged  with  two  offenses 
totalling  a  maximum  sentence  of  20  years 


in  a  federal  penitentiary  and  a  $500,000 
Tine. 

Katya  was  brought  to  trial  in  Los  Angeles 
in  November,  1987.  One  of  the  charges, 
sabotage,  was  dropped  and  Federal 
District  Court  Judge  Rca  granted  a 
prosecution  motion  in  limine  -  all  with  the 
direct  intent  of  surpressing  any  informa- 
tion about  American  nuclear  weapons 
capabilities  and  policies.  Katya's  defense, 
lead  by  prominent  attorney  Leonard 
Weinglass,  alledged  that  Navstar  is  an 
integral  part  of  a  L'S-first,  pre-emptive 
strike  strategy,  an  illegal  endeavor  accord- 
ing to  international  law.  International  law, 
with  its  defenses  of  necessity  (justifica- 
tion) and  crime  prevention,  was  intended 
to  become  the  central  pillar  of  the  defense 
case.  However,  the  prosecution  and  the 
federal  judge  strictly  limited  the  presenta- 
tion of  evidence  to  the  four  elements 
necessary  to  prove  destruction  of  govern- 
ment property  •  the  remaining  charge. 
Katya  was  not  permitted  to  enter  motive 
evidence  or  to  present  expert  testimony. 
Although  her  defense  contended  that  the 
Navstar  computer,  as  an  illegal  entity, 
could  not  be  considered  property  (one  of 
the  four  elements  of  proof  of  destruction 
of  government  property),  she  was  not 
allowed  to  present  these  arguments.  The 
trial  was  brief,  the  conviction  almost 
certain  and  the  sentence  harsh.  Katya  is 
now  serving  five  years  in  a  federal  prison 
outside  Spokane,  WA.  Her  request  for 
release  pending  appeal  has  been  denied 
and  she  is  now  waiting  for  her  case  to  be 
heard  before  the  Ninth  Circuit  Court  of 
Appeals.  (Listen  to  "Call  to  Conscience", 
a  documentary  about  Katya  KomLsaruk, 
on  Sunday,  December  3rd  at  6:30pm.) 


SUNDAY  December 3 


5:00  SOUNDTRACK.  Throughout  the 
month  of  December,  Soundtrack  will  be 
presenting  the  classic  film  music  of 
Bernard  Herrmann  (1911-1975).  Most  of 
these  recordings  are  being  broadcast 
for  the  first  time  from  CDs  not  available 
from  local  record  stores  This  morning, 
Obsession  (1976)  Produced  by  Paul 
Wunder. 

7:00  MARTIN  SOKOL'S  THROUGH 
THE  OPERA  GLASS  Regina  Fiorito 
Sokol,  Executive  Producer. 

9:30  HEREOF  A  SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Early  music  with  Chris  Whent 

1 1 :30  HARD  WORK.  Live  radio  with 
Mike  Feder. 

1 :00  CON  SABOR  LATINO.  Issues  and 
music  from  the  Latino  community,  with 
hosts  Mickey  Melendez  and  Hernando 
Alvaricci 

5:30  LATINO  JOURNAL  Producer 
Santiago  Nieves  locuses  on  the  issues, 
concerns,  and  interests  of  the  tri-state 
area's  growing  Latino  community 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 


6:30  CALL  TO  CONSCIENCE.  A 

documentary  about  the  Plowshares 
Community  which  focuses  on  the  cases 
ot  Katya  Komisaruk,  Jean  and  Joe 
Gump  and  the  Epiphany  Plowshare 
group,  featuring  Martin  Sheen,  Studs 
Terkel  and  the  music  of  John 
Hammond.  Produced  by  Laura  Sydell 
(see  sidebar  above). 

7:30  OUTLOOKS:  THE  GAY  AND 
LESBIAN  COMMUNITY  ON  THE  AIR. 
The  East  Village  Gay  Scene  -  is  it 
different,  separate,  and/or  setting  trends 
for  the  community  at  large?  Produced 
by  the  Gay  and  Lesbian  Independent 
Broadcasters  (GLIB.). 

8:30  EMANATIONS.  Uve  radio  with 
Bernard  White 

10:30  THE  GOLDEN  AGE  OF  RADIO. 
Whether  at  war  or  at  peace.  Radio  was 
there  to  lead  us  by  our  noses  to  do  the 
right  thing.  Public  service  or  propagan- 
da, disguised  as  comedy  or  drama,  the 
message  came  through  loud  and  clear 
Fibber  McGee  and  Mollv  are  tempted 
with  black  market  meat.  Ellerv  Queen 
tacJriju  tolerance  in  "The  Case  of  the 
Three  Frogs."  and  James  Cagney  learns 
that  there  is  "No  Escape"  from  sate 


driving  on  Suspense.  All  this  and  more, 
produced  by  Max  Schmid. 

12:30  NEWS  REBROADCAST 

1 :00  THE  CREATIVE  UNITY 
COLLECTIVE 

3:00  EVERYTHING  OLD  IS  NEW 
AGAIN.  Music  with  Dave  Kenney. 

MONDAY  December 4 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 

Rosemari  Mealy 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

8:30  THE  MORNING  SHOW  continues 

9:30  MUSIC  FROM  ALL  THE 
AMERICAS.  Guest  hosts  explore  the 
music  of  the  Americas. 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition,  with  Gary  Null. 

1:00  CROSSROADS.  A  news 

magazine  on  multi-cultural  issues  with  a 
focus  on  Third  World  concerns. 

1 :30  WHERE  WE  LIVE,  a  look  at  issues 
of  domestic  struggle  generally  ignored 
by  mainstream  media.  Produced  by 
Sally  O'Brien. 

2:30  FREE  FORM  RADIO  Music  and 
poetry  with  Rosko. 

4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE 

with  host,  Lee  Lowenfish  -  Beauty  and 
the  Beat,  a  radio  stew  of  jazz  and  clas- 
sics. Today's  guest  is  Harvey  Swartz, 
bassist  and  composer,  who  discusses 
his  many  gigs  including  his  recent  grant 
to  work  on  compositions  for  big  bands 
and  bass  "Please  listen  to  The  Art  of 
Craft,  an  exploration  of  crafts  as  an 
artform,  at  5:50pm. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  UNDERCURRENTS  HIGHLIGHTS 

7:00  BEHIND  THE  NEWS.  An  in-depth 
discussion  of  the  day's  events, 
produced  by  Samori  Marksman. 

7:30  WORLD  VIEW.  International 
issues  with  Samori  Marksman 

8:30  SEQUOYAH  -  NATIVE 
AMERICAN  NEWS  produced  by  Jim 
Buck 

9:00  GET  RHYTHM!  Music  with  Pat 
Rich 

10:00  AIDSTALK  II.  The  Listeners' 
Handbook  on  Access  to  Services  for 
People  With  AIDS.  ARC  or  HIV-Positive 
Antibodies.  Expert  underground  info  on 
how  to  get  help  from  Social  Security. 
HRA  and  others  Includes  expert 
witnesses,  a  panel  of  diagnosed  ques- 
tioners and  open  lines  for  listener-par- 
ticipation Produced  by  Larry  Gutenberg 

1 1 :00  NEWS  REBROADCAST 


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Tune  In  to  AIDS  TALK  II  for  a  listeners' 

handbook  on  access  to  services  for  people 

with  AIDS  -  Monday,  December  4th 

at  10pm. 

11:45  UNSTUCK  IN  TIME.  Live  radio 
with  Margot  Adler 

1:00  WALDEN'S  POND.  A  show 

discussing  animal  rights,  ecology,  and 
spirituality.  Hosted  by  Shelton  Walden. 

3:30  ON  THE  ROCKS.  Music  with 
Roxanne. 

TUESDAY  December  5 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 
Rosemari  Mealy. 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

8:30  THE  MORNING  SHOW  continues 

9:30  THIRD  WORLD  GALLERY.  Music 
with  Chico  Alvarez. 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition  with  Gary  Null. 

1 :00  THIS  WAY  OUT.  An  international 
magazine  for  and  about  the  Lesbian 
and  Gay  community. 

1:30  FRONTLINE:  MIDDLE  EAST 

produced  by  Phyllis  Bennis. 

2:30  NOMMO  Mix  with  Executive 
Producer,  Anthony  Sloan. 

3:00  NOMMO  Radio  with  Andrew 
Byard. 

4:00  NOMMO  Misc.  with  Harold. 

4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE 

with  Eva  Yaa  Asantewaa  and  Jennifer 
Bernet.  "Please  listen  to  The  Art  of 
Craft,  an  exploration  of  crafts  as  an 
artform,  at  5:50pm. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  UNDERCURRENTS  HIGHLIGHTS 

7:00  BEHIND  THE  NEWS.  An  in-depth 
discussion  of  the  day's  events, 
produced  by  Samori  Marksman. 

7:30  ECONONEWS.  Economic  and 
cultural  issues.. 


8:30  THE  FIRING  SQUAD 
PRESENTS:  Target  Audiences.  This 
professional  group  of  young  actors 
presents  a  collection  of  their  most 
popular  scenes  and  monologues. 
Written  by  David  Stamford  and  directed 
by  Gary  Heath,  this  production  features 
Mary  Criner,  Theresa  Delia  Valle,  Elaine 
Faye,  Jackson  Heath,  Michael  Latshaw 
and  David  Stamford. 

9:00  STOLEN  MOMENTS.  Jazz  with 
Mahmoud  Ibrahim. 

10:00  THE  WRITE  STUFF  -  a  program 
for  writers  and  the  people  who  read 
them,  produced  in  association  with  the 
Writers  Union,  hosted  by  Brandon 
Judell. 

1 1 :00  NEWS  REBROADCAST 

1 1 :45  LATE  NIGHT  LIVE  RADIO  with 
Carletta  J.  Walker. 

1 :00  WEAPONRY.  Military  affairs  and 
hardware  with  Tom  Wisker. 


DID  YOU  KNOW  THAT...  the  17  pre- 
vious WBAI  Holiday  Crafts  Fairs  have 
raised  over  $1 .3  million  dollars  for  its 
sponsor,  non-profit,  listener  supported 
WBAI-FM?  (but  we  always  seem  to 
need  more...) 


3:30  PUNK  AND  HARDCORE.  Music 
with  Susan  Browne. 

WEDNESDAY  December  6 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 

a  guest  host. 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

8:30  THE  MORNING  SHOW  continues 

9:30  CRAFT  CONVERSATIONS.  Rick 
Harris  reports  on  the  1 8th  annual 
WBAI  Holiday  Crafts  Fair,  one  of  the 
most  exciting  crafts  expositions  in 
America,  with  Matt  Alperin,  director  of 
the  Fair. 

9:35  GHOSTS  IN  THE  MACHINE: 
WOMEN  IN  POP.  The  divas  of  pop, 
funk,  punk,  rap,  reggae,  and  other  good- 
for-your-soul  styles,  in  music,  scene 
reports,  and  interviews.  With  host  Vic- 
toria Starr. 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition  with  Gary  Null. 

1:00  POLLUTION  SOLUTIONS.  In  this 
documentary  series,  The  Other 
Americas  Radio  presents  and  looks  into 
the  key  issues  affecting  our  environ- 
ment and  efforts  to  save  our  planet. 

1:30  THE  POSITIVE  MIND  with 

Armand  DiMele. 

2:30  FREE  FORM  RADIO.  Music  and 
poetry  with  Rosko. 

4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE 

with  Malika  Lee  Whitney.  Featuring  the 
Evening  Serial  at  4:30,  selected  shorts 


at  4:45pm,  Picknev  Place,  a  program  of 
storytelling  at  5:00,  and  interviews  at 
5:30.  **Please  listen  to  The  Art  of 
Ciflfl,  an  exploration  of  crafts  as  an 
artform,  at  5:50pm. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  UNDERCURRENTS  HIGHLIGHTS 

7:00  BEHIND  THE  NEWS.  An  in-depth 
discussion  of  the  day's  events, 
produced  by  Samori  Marksman. 

7:30  EXPLORATIONS.  Science  and 
peace  issues  with  Michio  Kaku. 

8:30  THE  CUTTING  EDGE:  BLACK 
NEWS  AND  VIEWS.  Produced  by  Jesse 
Keyes. 

9:00  SOUNDS  OF  BRAZIL  Mildred 
Norman  continues  with  special  record- 
ings and  guest  interviews  about 
Brazilian  music. 

10:00  THE  PERSONAL  COMPUTER 
SHOW.  Host,  Joe  King.  Co-hosts,  Hank 
Kee,  and  David  Burstein.  Produced  in 
cooperation  with  the  New  York  Amateur 
Computer  Club. 

11:00  NEWS  REBROADCAST 

1 1 :45  EARTHWATCH.  Uve  radio  with 
Robert  Knight. 

1 :30  CARRIER  WAVE.  Uve  radio  with 
Sidney  Smith. 

3:30  OUT  OF  THE  SHADOWS.  Music 
with  Don  Scherdin. 

THURSDAY  December  7 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 
Will  K.  Wilkins. 


Reknowned  bassist  Manic  Swartz  is  Lee 

Lowenflsh's  special  guest  on  the  WBAI 

Arts  Magazine  -  Monday,  December  4th 

at  4:30pm. 


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8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

9:30  SHOCKING  BLUE.  Music  with 
Delphine  Blue. 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition  with  Gary  Null. 

1:00  GANDHI  IN  THE  PARK  PEARL 
HARBOR  SPECIAL  WWI  was  the  war 
to  end  all  wars.  WWII  was  the  war  to  end 
all  wars.  The  world  was  to  consists  of 
United  Nations.  Where  are  we  now? 
Was  the  war  justified?  Does  war  work? 
Old  questions  we  are  forever  asking. 
What  did  Gandhi  say?  How  can  we 
close  the  distance  between  nations  and 
people  -  inside  and  out?  Produced  by 
William  Borman. 

1:30  LISTENERS' ACTION  ON  HOME- 
LESSNESS  AND  HOUSING. 

2:30  ALTERNATIVA  LATINA.  Brings 
you  up  to  date  on  the  reality  of  Latin 
America,  with  interviews,  commentaries, 
the  news  and  the  music  of  the  New 
Song  Movement.  Produced  by  Boris 
Cardenas  and  the  Alternativa  Latina 
Collective. 

4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE. 

Lee  Ryan,  host.  Featuring  the  Evening 
Serial  at  4:30  and  Frederick  GeoBold's 
Liohtshow.  "Please  listen  to  The  Art 
of  Craft,  an  exploration  of  crafts  as  an 
artform,  at  5:50pm. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  UNDERCURRENTS  HIGHLIGHTS 

7:00  BEHIND  THE  NEWS.  An  in-depth 
discussion  of  the  day's  events, 
produced  by  Samori  Marksman. 

7:30  BUILDING  BRIDGES.  A  special 
labor  history  report  on  Saul  Mills,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Greater  New  York  Industrial 
Council,  CIO  (1940-48).  His  tenure  was 
marked  by  innovation  and  activism, 
especially  in  the  fields  of  labor 
solidarity,  political  action,  health  and 
housing.  His  contributions  will  be 
discussed  by  Henry  Foner,  retired 
President  of  the  Fur,  Leather  and 
Machine  Workers  Union  and  author  of  a 
forthcoming  book  on  Saul  Mills  and 
Charles  Claire,  former  Director  of 
Brewery  Organizing  of  the  IBT  and 
former  staff  officer  of  the  Greater  New 
York  Industrial  Council  Produced  by 
Mimi  Rosenberg  and  Ken  Nash. 

8:30  RADIO  FREE  EIREANN.  A  show 

on  Ireland  and  the  Irish  Freedom 
struggle.  Produced  by  Mick  Dewan  and 
John  McDonagh 

9:00  THE  TALKING  VIOLIN.  An  trip 

through  time  with  the  violin,  as  it  "sings" 
every  style  of  music  in  the  hands  of 
creators,  innovators  and  visionaries. 
Produced  by  Julie  Lyonn  Ueberman 
with  Steve  Rathe  Today,  "The  Blues 
Fiddle"  focuses  on  Black  blues  fiddlers 
and  their  contributions  to  the  violin  as 
an  improvisatory  instrument 


1 0:00  AFRIKALEIDOSCOPE  with 
Elombe  Brath. 

1 1 :00  NEWS  REBROADCAST 

1 1 :45  LATE  NIGHT  UVE  RADIO  with 
Citizen  Kafka. 

1:00  PRIMARY  SOURCES.  Live  radio 
with  interim  host.  Bob  Fass. 

3:30  LIVE  AIR  -  or  is  it  Dead  Air? 
Anyway,  music  and  live  stuff  with 
partners  in  crime  David  Nolan  and  Doug 
Cheesman. 

FRIDAY  December  8 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 
Will  K.  Wilkins 


WBAI  Arts  Magazine  producer  Joseph 

Hurley  Interviews  another  Oscar-winner, 

Shelley  Winters,  on  Friday,  December  8lh 

at  4:30pm. 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

8:30  THE  MORNING  SHOW  continues 

9:30  CRAFT  CONVERSATIONS.  Rick 
Harris  discusses  the  WBAI  Holiday 
Crafts  Fair,  one  of  the  most  exciting 
crafts  expositions  In  America,  with 
Matl  Alperln,  director  of  the  Fair. 

9:35  STORMY  MONDAY.  Music  with 
Carletta  Joy  Walker. 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition  issues  with  Gary  Null 

1 :00  SOUTH  AFRICA  NOW:  THE 
RADIO  EDITION.  A  radio 

newsmagazine  on  the  events  in 
Southern  Africa,  delving  into  the  story 
behind  the  reports  coming  from  South 
Africa  and  the  Frontline  states  This  pro- 
gram defies  the  media  ban/censorship 
imposed  by  the  Apartheid  regime 
Produced  by  Globalvision  Television 
and  adapted  for  radio  by  Sally  O'Brien. 

1 :30  HEALTHSTYLES.  Violence  in  New 
York  City  An  Issue  of  Public  Health 
Violence  has  become  one  of  the  leading 
causes  ol  death  and  injury  in  NYC  and 


nationwide.  This  program  explores 
violence  as  a  public  health  issue,  the 
contributing  social  forces  and  possible 
approaches  to  "curing"  this  problem. 
Hosted  by  Diana  Mason  of  WBAI's 
Nursing  and  Health  Resources  Network 

2:30  UNDERCURRENTS  COVERAGE 
with  the  WBAI  Undercurrents  team  - 
Dennis  Bernstein,  Robert  Knight,  and 
Jessica  Jiji. 

3:30  FRIDAY  AFTERNOON  with 
Dennis  Bernstein.  The  politics  and 
poetry  of  struggle. 

4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE 
with  host  Joseph  Hurley,  featuring  the 
Evening  Serial  at  4:30,  and  The  Screen- 
ing Room  at  5:30  with  Paul  Wunder  and 
Joseph  Hurley  reviewing  and  discussing 
the  latest  films.  "Please  listen  to  The 
Art  of  Craft,  an  exploration  of  crafts 
as  an  artform,  at  5:50pm.  Also,  today: 
Academy  award-winning  actress  Shelley 
Winters  talks  about  her  second 
autobiography,  Shelley  II  -  The  Middle 
of  My  Century,  with  Joseph  Hurley. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  DATELINE  NICARAGUA.  The 

story  behind  the  headlines  -  news  and 
features  direct  from  Managua. 
Produced  by  Julie  Light. 

7:00  AIDS  IN  FOCUS,  a  weekly 
magazine  on  the  politics  and  culture  of 
the  AIDS  pandemic,  produced  by 
Michael  Alcalay 

7:15  FEARFUL  SYMMETRY  with  Leo 

Cawley. 

8:00  WORKING  TITLE.  Readings 
produced  by  Alma  Avila. 

8:30  A  MOVEABLE  FEAST.  Authors 
read  and  discuss  their  latest  works  with 
Tom  Vitale.  Tonight,  Maxine  Hong 
Kingston  reads  from  her  novel,  Trip- 
master  Monkey.  His  Fake  Book,  and 
talks  about  the  psychedelic  experience 
of  theatre  and  life  in  the  60s 

9:00  HOME  FRIES.  Uve  radio,  com- 
edy, music  and  call-ins  with  Fred 
Herschkowitz 

10:30  BLACK  ROCK  COALITION 

12:00  NIGHTFLYTE.  Music  with  Chet 
Jackson. 

3:00  MUSIC  FROM  THE  CENTER  OF 
THE  EARTH  with  hosts  Bill  Wells  and 
Gary  Olson 

SATURDAY   DtctmberV 

5:00  HOUR  OF  THE  WOLF.  Science 
fiction,  fantasy,  enchantment,  and  the 
imagination  Live  radio  with  Jim  Freund 

7:00  AS  I  PLEASE.  "     for  none  of  us 
can  ever  express  the  exact  measure  of 
his  needs  or  thoughts  or  his  sorrows, 
and  human  speech  is  like  a  cracked  ket- 
tle on  which  we  tap  crude  rhythms  for 


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bears  to  dance  to,  while  we  long  to 
make  music  that  will  melt  the  stars." 

8:30  ANY  SATURDAY.  Uve  radio  with 
David  Rothenberg. 

10:30  LUNCHPAIL  Uve  radio  with  Paul 
Gorman. 

12:30  PIPER  IN  THE  MEADOW  STRAY- 
ING. Folk  music  with  Edward  Haber. 

2:00  COUNTRY  MUSIC  ALTERNA- 
TIVES. Bluegrass  and  traditional  music 
with  Tom  Tortorella. 

3:30  UNSUNG  HEROES.  Music  with 
Jordyn  Tyson. 

4:30  JAZZ  SAMPLER  with  Bill  Farrar. 

6:00  HEAR  AND  NOW.  New  music 
with  Cynthia  Bell  and  Julie  Lyonn 
Lieberman. 

7:00  HOUSING  NOTEBOOK  with 
members  of  the  Metropolitan  Council 
on  Housing. 

8:00  WORLD  DANCE  PARTY.  African, 
Caribbean  and  Afro-Cuban  music, 
produced  by  A)  Angeloro. 

10:30  RADIO  UNNAMEABLE.  Uve 

radio  with  Bob  Fass. 

1 :00  LABBRISH.  Uve  radio  with  Habte 
Selassie. 

SUNDAY  December  10 

5:00  SOUNDTRACK.  Throughout  the 
month  of  December,  Soundtrack  will  be 
presenting  the  classic  film  music  of 
Bernard  Herrmann  (1911-1975).  Most  of 
these  recordings  are  being  broadcast 
for  the  first  time  from  CDs  not  available 
from  local  record  stores.  This  morning, 
Citizen  Kane  (1941).  The  Devil  and 
Daniel  Webster  (1941),  Jane  Evre  (1944) 
and  The  Snows  of  Kilimanjaro 
(1952).Produced  by  Paul  Wunder. 

7:00  MARTIN  SOKOLS  THROUGH 
THE  OPERA  GLASS.  Regina  Rorito 
Sokol,  Executive  Producer. 

9:30  HERE  OF  A  SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Early  music  with  Chris  Whent. 

1 1 :30  HARD  WORK.  Uve  radio  with 
Mike  Feder 

1 :00  CON  SABOR  LATINO.  Issues  and 
music  from  the  Latino  community,  with 
hosts  Mickey  Melendez  and  Hernando 
Alvaricci. 

5:30  LATINO  JOURNAL  Producer 
Santiago  Nieves  focuses  on  the  issues, 
concerns,  and  interests  of  the  tri-state 
area's  growing  Latino  community. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:30  HUMAN  RIGHTS  AND  THE 
LESBIAN  AND  GAY  COMMUNITY.  A 

special  in-depth  analysis  of  the  struggle 
for  human  rights  by  Lesbians  and  Gay 
men  at  home  and  abroad.  Produced  by 


Gonzalo  Aburto,  Segment  Producer  for 
Alternativa  Latina. 

7:30  THE  GAY  SHOW.  Join  Larry 
Gutenberg,  Udell  Jackson  and  Bob 
Storm  for  the  Lesbian  and  Gay 
magazine-of-the-air.  Tonight's  topics  in- 
clude how  to  avoid  in-fighting  between 
minorities  for  needed  AIDS  funding. 
Plus,  the  latest  Gay  news. 

8:30  EMANATIONS.  Uve  radio  with 
Bernard  White. 


DID  YOU  KNOW  THAT...  each  of  the 
three  weekends  of  the  WBAI  Holiday 
Crafts  Fair,  many  people  with  orderly 
minds  and  shopping  "systems"  will  go 
precisely  from  Booth  #1  to  Booth  #114 
in  sequence?  No  exact  estimates  are 
available,  but  the  number  are  consider- 
able (are  we  talking  about  you?)  Also, 
clipboards  will  be  available  for  purchase 
from  at  least  one  woodworker  each 
weekend  to  facilitate  note-taking. 


10:30  THE  GOLDEN  AGE  OF  RADIO. 

A  Norman  Corwin  special  -  known  as 
the  poet  laureate  of  CBS,  Corwin  ex- 
panded the  possibilities  of  radio  art  and 
galvanized  the  nation  for  war  with  a  star- 
studded  All-Network  special,  We  Hold 
These  Truths.  Conceived  as  a  com- 
memoration of  the  150th  anniversary  of 
the  Bill  of  Rights,  it  became  a  call  to 
arms  when  it  was  broadcast  on  Decem- 
ber 15,  1941  -  one  week  after  Pearl  Har- 
bor. Included  in  the  cast  are  Orson 
Welles,  Jimmy  Stewart,  Walter  Huston 
and  Uonel  Barrymore.  We  will  also  talk 
to  R.  LeRoy  Bannerman,  author  of  On  A 
Note  of  Triumph:  Norman  Corwin  and 
the  Golden  Years  of  Radio. 

12:30  NEWS  REBROADCAST 

1:00  BACK  OF  THE  BOOK. 

Mix'n'match  audio  thought  provocations 
for  internal  use  only.  We  may  even  men- 
tion pickles  and  female  deer  on  the 
show:  dill  and  does,  these  and  those. 
On  the  air  we  can  even  say  them 
together.  Asterisk  fans  will  like  our  mes- 
sage for  all  censors:  F*C*  IT!  Hector 
and  Anvil  organize  their  proletariat  strug- 
gle around  efforts  to  make  holiday  shop- 
ping a  capital  offense.  Free  Form  Uve 
Radio  by  R.  Paul  Martin. 

3:00  EVERYTHING  OLD  IS  NEW 
AGAIN.  Music  with  Dave  Kenney. 

MONDAY  December  11 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 

Rosemari  Mealy. 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

8:30  THE  MORNING  SHOW  continues 

9:30  MUSIC  FROM  ALL  THE 
AMERICAS.  Guest  hosts  explore  the 
music  of  the  Americas. 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition,  with  Gary  Null. 


1:00  CROSSROADS.  A  news 
magazine  on  multi-cultural  issues  with  a 
focus  on  Third  World  concerns. 

1 :30  HUMAN  RIGHTS  IN  AMERICA. 

Discussions,  with  Uoyd  D'Aguilar  and 
Joy  James. 

2:30  FREE  FORM  RADIO  Music  and 
poetry  with  Rosko. 

4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE 

with  host,  Lee  Lowenfish  -  Beauty  and 
the  Beat,  a  radio  stew  of  jazz  and  clas- 
sics. Today's  guest  is  Arnie  Lawrence, 
jazz  saxophonist,  who  talks  about  his 
work  as  director  of  the  Jazz  Education 
Program  at  the  New  School. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  UNDERCURRENTS  HIGHLIGHTS 

7:00  BEHIND  THE  NEWS.  An  in-depth 
discussion  of  the  day's  events, 
produced  by  Samori  Marksman. 

7:30  WORLD  VIEW.  International  is- 
sues with  Samori  Marksman. 

8:30  SEQUOYAH  -  NATIVE 
AMERICAN  NEWS  produced  by  Jim 
Buck. 

9:00  A  TASTE  OF  THE  BLUES  with 
Tom  Pomposello. 

1 0:00  AFRICA'S  MOST  AC- 
COMPLISHED. In-depth  discussions 
with  various  Africans  who  can  be 
regarded  as  truly  outstanding  in  his  or 
her  own  field,  including  an  interview 
with  the  man  who  set  up  the  first  home 
for  mental  illness  in  Africa  and  the  per- 
son who  established  the  Color 
Television  Network  in  Nigeria.  Produced 
by  Amanda  Peterson. 

11.00  NEWS  REBROADCAST 

1 1 :45  UNSTUCK  IN  TIME.  Uve  radio 
with  Margot  Adler. 

1 :00  THE  MOORISH  ORTHODOX 
RADIO  CRUSADE.  Xerox-zines,  Sufism, 
and  other  fun  for  brainiacs.  Uve  radio 
with  Peter  Lamborn  Wilson. 

3:30  ON  THE  ROCKS.  Music  with 
Roxanne. 

TUESDAY  December  12 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 
Rosemari  Mealy. 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

8:30  THE  MORNING  SHOW  continues 

9:30  ALL  MIXED  UP.  A  unique  pro- 
gram of  audio  mixes,  with  Peter  Bochan. 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition  with  Gary  Null. 

1 :00  THIS  WAY  OUT.  An  international 
magazine  for  and  about  the  Lesbian 
and  Gay  community. 


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Joseph  Hurley  interviews  David  King 
Dunaway,  author  of  Huxlev  In  Hollywood  - 

a  contemporary  biography  of  Aldous 

Huxley  (above)  on  Friday,  December  15th 

at  4:30pm. 

1:30  THE  ALLIANCE  REPORT 

produced  in  association  with  the  Nation- 
al Alliance  of  Third  World  Journalists. 

2:30  NOMMO  Mix  with  Executive 
Producer,  Anthony  Sloan. 

3:00  NOMMO  Radio  with  Andrew 
Byard. 

4:00  NOMMO  Misc.  with  Harold. 

4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE 

with  Eva  Yaa  Asantewaa  and  Jennifer 
Bernet. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  UNDERCURRENTS  HIGHLIGHTS 

7:00  REPORT  TO  THE  LISTENER. 

Station  Manager  Rosemarie  Reed 
reports  on  the  state  of  the  station. 

7:30  ALTERNATIVES  TO  INCINERA- 
TION. Answers  to  our  solid  waste 
problem  -  a  presentation  of  arguments 
against  incineration  as  the  answer  to  the 
solid  waste  crisis  looming  over  the 
metropolitan  area  Among  the  guests 
will  be  Or  Barry  Commoner,  who  will 
discuss  the  Center  for  Biology  of 
Natural  Systems'  experiment  in  East 
Hampton,  Long  Island  Produced  by 
Susan  Mazzocchi 

8:30  THE  SHAKESPEARE  LIBERA- 
TION FRONT  PRESENTS... 

9:00  STOLEN  MOMENTS.  Jazz  with 
Mahmoud  Ibrahim. 

10:00  THE  DRUG  TUG  CASE:  The 
Vindication  of  the  Christie  Institute? 

The  1988  seizure  in  San  Francisco  Bay 
of  a  barge  full  of  marijuana  and  hashish 
led  to  the  disclosure  of  evidence  point- 
ing to  a  web  of  global  political  intrigue 
The  disclosures,  set  lorth  by  a  small 
paper  in  Napa,  California,  point  to  the 


involvement  of  the  CIA  Panamanian 
dictator  Noriega  and  the  Reagan  ad- 
ministration in  yet  another  drug 
smuggling  operation  to  fund  the 
contras  Dave  Emory,  researcher/broad- 
caster, uncovers  these  links  -  and  some 
of  the  interesting  tributaries  which  lead 
from  them.  Produced  by  Tom  Whelan. 
Part  3  in  this  series  will  focus  on  an  up- 
date of  current  developments. 

11:00  NEWS  REBROADCAST 

1 1 :45  LATE  NIGHT  LIVE  RADIO  with 
Carletta  J.  Walker. 

1 :00  WEAPONRY.  Military  affairs  and 
hardware  with  Tom  Wisker. 

3:30  MONSTERS  FROM  THE  ID.  Punk 
rock  from  the  dark  side  of  your  brain.  A 
show  not  to  be  slept  through,  and  we 
won  t  let  you.  With  Ed  Banger  and  Sue 
Real. 

WEDNESDAY  December  13 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 
a  guest  host 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

8:30  THE  MORNING  SHOW  continues 

9:30  CRAFT  CONVERSATIONS.  Rick 
Harris  reviews  the  1 8th  Annual  WBAI 
Holiday  Crafts  Fair,  one  of  the  most 
exciting  crafts  expositions  in  America, 
with  Matt  Alperin,  director  of  the  Fair. 

9:35  GHOSTS  IN  THE  MACHINE: 
WOMEN  IN  POP.  The  divas  of  pop, 
funk,  punk,  rap,  reggae,  and  other  good- 
for-your-soul  styles,  in  music,  scene 
reports,  and  interviews  With  host  Vic- 
toria Starr 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition  with  Gary  Null. 

1:00  POLLUTION  SOLUTIONS.  In  this 
documentary  series,  The  Other 
Americas  Radio  presents  and  looks  Into 
the  key  issues  affecting  our  environ- 
ment and  efforts  to  save  our  planet. 

1 :30  CITY  POLITICS.  Discussions  with 
David  Mendelsohn. 

2:30  FREE  FORM  RADIO  Music  and 
poetry  with  Rosko 

4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE 

with  Malika  Lee  Whitney  Featuring  the 
Evening  Serial  at  4:30,  selected  shorts 
at  4  45pm,  Pickney  Place  a  program  of 
storytelling  at  5:00,  and  interviews  at 
530 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  UNDERCURRENTS  HIGHLIGHTS 

7:00  BEHIND  THE  NEWS.  An  in-depth 
discussion  of  the  day's  events, 
produced  by  Samori  Marksman 

7:30  EXPLORATIONS.  Science  and 
peace  issues  with  Michio  Kaku 


8:30  THE  CUTTING  EDGE:  BLACK 
NEWS  AND  VIEWS.  Produced  by  Jesse 
Keyes 

9:00  NEW  YORK  COLLAGE- The 

common  roots  of  all  music  originating 
in  the  Caribbean  Islands,  and  all  that  it 
has  grown  into  Bring  on  the  good 
sounds!  Produced  by  Nancy  Rodriguez 

10:00  THE  PERSONAL  COMPUTER 
SHOW.  Host,  Joe  King  Co-hosts,  Hank 
Kee,  and  David  Burstein.  Produced  in 
cooperation  with  the  New  York  Amateur 
Computer  Club. 

1 1 :00  NEWS  REBROADCAST 

1 1 :45  EARTHWATCH.  Live  radio  with 
Robert  Knight. 

1 :30  CARRIER  WAVE.  Live  radio  with 
Sidney  Smith. 

3:30  COSMIK  DEBRIS.  Music  from  the 
Void. 

THURSDAY  December  14 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 
Will  K.  Wilkins. 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

9:30  SHOCKING  BLUE.  Music  with 
Delphine  Blue. 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition  with  Gary  Null. 

1:00  CONSIDER  THE  ALTERNA- 
TIVES. The  SANE  Education  Fund's 
documentary  series  focusing  on  peace 
and  disarmament  issues,  ecology  and 
alternatives  to  the  continuous  expansion 
of  the  war  machine. 


I  MM  In  to  The  Talkins  Violin,  a  special 
December  music  series  mi  Hie  hisinrv  .il 
improvisation  on  the  violin  \\  rillrn  and 

produced  by  WHAl's  own  Julie  I  \..nn 
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1 :30  GRAY  PANTHER  REPORT  with 

Lydia  Bf agger 

2:30  ALTERNATIVA  LATINA.  This 
special  edition  takes  a  close  look  at  the 
developments  in  Chile,  as  Chileans  hit 
the  polls  in  a  national  election.  With  live 
reports  from  Santiago  and  in-studio 
analysis.  Produced  by  Boris  Cardenas, 
Francisco  LaTorre  and  the  Alternative 
Latina  Collective. 

4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE. 

Lee  Ryan,  host.  Featuring  the  Evening 
Serial  at  4:30  and  Frederick  GeoBold's 
Liahtshow. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  UNDERCURRENTS  HIGHLIGHTS 

7:00  BEHIND  THE  NEWS.  An  in-depth 
discussion  of  the  day's  events, 
produced  by  Samori  Marksman. 

7:30  BUILDING  BRIDGES.  The 

community  labor  report  with  Mimi 
Rosenberg  and  Ken  Nash. 

8:30  RADIO  FREE  EIREANN.  A  show 
on  Ireland  and  the  Irish  Freedom 
struggle.  Produced  by  Mick  Dewan  and 
John  McDonagh. 

9:00  THE  TALKING  VIOLIN.  An 

Odyssey  through  time  with  the  violin,  as 
it  "sings"  every  style  of  music  im- 
aginable in  the  hands  of  creators,  in- 
novators and  visionaries.  Written  and 
produced  by  Julie  Lyonn  Lieberman 
with  Steve  Rathe.  Today,  "Early  Jazz 
Violin"  presents  some  of  the  first 
violinists  to  use  the  instrument  in  a  jazz 
context,  with  the  music  of  Joe  Venuti, 
Stephane  Grapelli,  Remo  Biondi  and 
others. 

10:00  CARIBBEAN  AND  LATIN 
AMERICAN  REPORT  produced  by  An- 
nette Walker  and  others. 

11:00  NEWS  REBROADCAST 

11:45  INVESTIGATIONS.  Uve  radio 
and  documentary  with  Andrew  Phillips. 

1:00  PRIMARY  SOURCES.  Uve  radio 
with  interim  host,  Bob  Fass. 

3:30  MORNING  DEW.  A  program 
devoted  to  the  music  of  the  Grateful 
Dead.  Produced  by  Lance  Neal. 

FRIDAY  December  15 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 
Will  K.  Wilkins. 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

8:30  THE  MORNING  SHOW  continues 

9:30  CRAFT  CONVERSATIONS.  Rick 
Harris  previews  the  third  and  final 
weekend  of  the  18th  annual  WBAI 
Holiday  Crafts  Fair,  one  of  the  most 
exciting  crafts  expositions  In  America, 
with  Matt  Alperin,  director  of  the  Fair. 


DID  YOU  KNOW  THAT...  during  the 
WBAI  Holiday  Crafts  Fair's  lifespan, 
we've  seen  five  Presidents,  three  (at 
press  time  -  soon  to  be  four)  Mayors, 
fourteen  Station  Managers  at  WBAI  and 
eighteen  Managers  for  the  New  York 
Yankees?  (Amazin',  ain't  it?) 


9:35  THIRD  WORLD  MUSIC 
MASTERS.  Richard  B.  Isles  interviews 
Bill  Dillard,  who  played  2nd  trumpet  for 
Louis  Armstrong  for  many  years. 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition  issues  with  Gary  Null. 

1 :00  SOUTH  AFRICA  NOW:  THE 
RADIO  EDITION.  A  radio 
newsmagazine  on  the  events  in 
Southern  Africa,  delving  into  the  story 
behind  the  reports  coming  from  South 
Africa  and  the  Frontline  states.  This 
program  defies  the  media  ban/censor- 
ship imposed  by  the  Apartheid  regime. 
Produced  by  Globalvision  Television 
and  adapted  for  radio  by  Sally  O'Brien 
and  Zenzile  Khoisan. 


DID  YOU  KNOW  THAT...  some  150 
people  will  get  the  dates  and  times  con- 
fused and  either  arrive  one  weekend  too 
early,  one  weekend  too  late  and/or  show 
up  before  5pm  on  a  Friday  or  after  7pm 
on  a  Saturday  or  Sunday?  (Don't  let  this 
happen  to  you  -  check  the  times  listed  in 
the  Fair  ad  on  the  back  cover.) 


1 :30  URBAN  WASTE:  REMOVAL, 
STORAGE,  RECYCLING.  All  aspects  of 
environmental  waste  disposal  and  use 
of  waste  for  fertilizer  will  be  discussed  in 
this  installment  of  producer  Jerry 
O'Connell's  on-going  environmental 
series. 

2:30  UNDERCURRENTS  COVERAGE 

with  the  WBAI  Undercurrents  team  -  Den- 
nis Bernstein,  Robert  Knight,  and  Jes- 
sica Jiji. 


DID  YOU  KNOW  THAT...  over  2,000 
different  craftspeople  have  participated 
in  the  various  WBAI  Holiday  Crafts  Fairs 
over  the  years?  Only  27  have  done  the 
Fair  consistently  for  the  last  ten  years, 
and  only  two  current  exhibitors  have 
participated  in  all  17  Fairs  (and  boy,  are 
they  tired!)  This  is  the  last  weekend  of 
the  Fair,  so  please  try  to  stop  by. 


3:30  MEDIUM  HOT.  International 
affairs  with  an  emphasis  on  how  the 
different  media  present  the  issues. 
Produced  by  Adele  Oltman  and  Sheila 
Ryan. 

4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE 

with  host  Joseph  Hurley,  featuring  the 
Evening  Serial  at  4:30.  and  The  Screen- 
ing Room  at  5:30  with  Paul  Wunder  and 
Joseph  Hurley  reviewing  and  discussing 
the  latest  films.  "Today,  Joe  interviews 
David  King  Dunaway,  author  of  Huxlev 
to  Hollywood,  about  the  life  of  Aldous 
Huxley  in  the  30s  and  40s 


6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  DATELINE  NICARAGUA.  The 

story  behind  the  headlines  -  news  and 
features  direct  from  Managua. 
Produced  by  Julie  Light. 

7:00  AIDS  IN  FOCUS,  a  weekly 
magazine  on  the  politics  and  culture  of 
the  AIDS  pandemic,  produced  by 
Michael  Alcalay 

7:15  FEARFUL  SYMMETRY  with  Leo 

Cawley. 

8:00  BEHIND  THE  SCREENS.  Movie 
matters  with  Delores  Hayes. 

8:30  A  MOVEABLE  FEAST.  Tonight, 
John  Burnham  Schwatrz  reads  from  his 
best-selling  first  novel,  Bicycle  Days, 
and  talks  about  Americans  in  Japan. 

9:00  HOME  FRIES.  Uve  radio, 
comedy,  music  and  call-ins  with  Fred 
Herschkowitz. 

10:30  BLACK  ROCK  COALITION 

12:00  NIGHTFLYTE.  Music  with  Kofi 
Pendergrass. 

3:00  MUSIC  FROM  THE  CENTER  OF 
THE  EARTH  with  hosts  Bill  Wells  and 
Gary  Olson. 

SATURDAY  December  16 

5:00  HOUR  OF  THE  WOLF.  Science 
fiction,  fantasy,  enchantment,  and  the 
imagination.  Live  radio  with  Jim  Freund. 
And  this  morning,  The  Star,  by  Arthur  C. 
Clarke. 

7:00  AS  I  PLEASE.  "...  for  none  of  us 
can  ever  express  the  exact  measure  of 
his  needs  or  thoughts  or  his  sorrows; 
and  human  speech  is  like  a  cracked  ket- 
tle on  which  we  tap  crude  rhythms  for 
bears  to  dance  to,  while  we  long  to 
make  music  that  will  melt  the  stars." 

8:30  ANY  SATURDAY.  Uve  radio  with 
David  Rothenberg. 

10:30  LUNCHPAIL.  Live  radio  with  Paul 
Gorman. 

12:30  PIPER  IN  THE  MEADOW  STRAY- 
ING. Folk  music  with  Edward  Haber. 

2:00  COUNTRY  MUSIC  ALTERNA- 
TIVES. Bluegrass  and  traditional  music 
with  Tom  Tortorella. 

3:30  SLIPKNOT!  Music  with  Spyder. 

4:30  JAZZ  SAMPLER  with  Bill  Farrar. 

6:00  HEAR  AND  NOW.  New  music 
with  Cynthia  Bell  and  Julie  Lyonn  Lieber- 
man. 

7:00  HOUSING  NOTEBOOK  with 

members  of  the  Metropolitan  Council 
on  Housing 

8:00  WORLD  DANCE  PARTY.  African, 
Caribbean  and  Afro-Cuban  music, 
produced  by  Al  Angeloro. 


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10:30  RADIO  UNNAMEABLE.  Live 
radio  with  Bob  Pass. 

1 :00  LABBRISH.  Live  radio  with  Habte 
Selassie 

SUNDAY  December  17 

5:00  SOUNDTRACK.  Throughout  the 
month  of  December,  Soundtrack  will  be 
presenting  the  classic  film  music  of 
Bernard  Herrmann  (191 1-1975).  Most  of 
these  recordings  are  being  broadcast 
for  the  first  time  from  CDs  not  available 
from  local  record  store*.  This  morning, 
The  Day  The  Earth  Stood  Still  (1951), 
Journey  to  the  Center  of  the  Earth 
(1959)  and  Fahrenheit  451  (1966). 
Produced  by"  Paul  Wunder. 

7:00  MARTIN  SOKOL'S  THROUGH 
THE  OPERA  GLASS.  Regina  Fiorito 
Sokol,  Executive  Producer. 

9:30  HERE  OF  A  SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Early  music  with  Chris  Whent. 

1 1 :30  HARD  WORK.  Live  radio  with 
Mike  Feder. 

1 :00  CON  SABOR  LATINO.  Issues  and 
music  from  the  Latino  community,  with 
hosts  Mickey  Melendez  and  Hernando 
Alvaricci. 

5:30  LATINO  JOURNAL  Producer 
Santiago  Nieves  focuses  on  the  issues, 
concerns,  and  interests  of  the  tri-state 
area's  growing  Latino  community. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:30  STORY  READINGS.  Actors 
interpret  the  works  of  great  American 
writers  in  this  special  series  from  the 
WBAI  Arts  Department,  beginning  with 
actor  Ben  Carney  reading  stories  by 
Eudora  Welty.  Produced  by  Ana  Patig, 
with  artistic  direction  by  Ben  Carney. 

7:00  FROM  COMPOSER  TO  PERFOR- 
MANCE. A  new  series  on  contemporary 
American  music  will  explore  what  goes 
on  behind  the  scenes  when  a  new 
classical  chamber  work  is  performed  for 
the  first  time  -  Lyric  Intermezzo  by 
George  Perle,  played  by  the  Seattle 
Symphony.  Produced  by  Joan 
Rabinowitz. 

7:30  OUTLOOKS:  THE  GAY  AND 
LESBIAN  COMMUNITY  ON  THE  AIR. 

An  exploration  of  our  community's 
emerging  traditions  and  alternatives. 
Produced  by  the  Gay  and  Lesbian 
Independent  Broadcasters  (GLIB) 

8:30  EMANATIONS.  Uve  radio  with 
Bernard  White. 

10:30  THE  GOLDEN  AGE  OF  RADIO. 
With  Christmas  only  a  week  away,  we 
welcome  in  the  holiday  season  with  the 
Theater  Guild  On  The  Air  presentation  of 
Dickens'  David  Cooperfield  This  broad- 
cast, from  December  24,  1950  stars 
Boris  Karloff.  Flora  Robson.  Cyril 
Ritchard  and  Richard  Burton.  Plus 


another  hour  of  entertainment  too 
special  and  thrilling  to  even  hint  at  here! 
Tune  in  and  be  surprised  - 1  know  I  will! 
Produced  by  Max  Schmid. 

12:30  NEWS  REBROADCAST 

1 :00  THE  CREATIVE  UNITY 
COLLECTIVE 

3:00  EVERYTHING  OLD  IS  NEW 
AGAIN.  Music  with  Dave  Kenney. 

MONDAY  December  18 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 

Rosemari  Mealy. 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

8:30  THE  MORNING  SHOW  continues 

9:30  MUSIC  FROM  ALL  THE 
AMERICAS.  Guest  hosts  explore  the 
music  of  the  Americas. 


Kllsabeth  Welch  comes  to  Qui  There  On 
Their  Own.  Monday,  December  18th 

at  1  linn 

11:00  OUT  THERE  ON  THEIR  OWN: 
Elisabeth  Welch.  This  New  York-born 
singer  once  starred  opposite  Paul 
Robeson  in  the  film  Song  of  Freedom 
Now  past  80.  she  has  become  newly 
celebrated  for  her  work  in  cabarets  both 
in  London  and  New  York.  She  comes  to 
WBAI  to  talk  of  her  life  and  music 
Produced  and  hosted  by  Joseph  Hurley 
and  engineered  by  Anthony  Sloan. 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition,  with  Gary  Null. 

1:00  CROSSROADS.  A  news 

magazine  on  multi-cultural  issues  with  a 
focus  on  Third  World  concerns. 

1 :30  WHERE  WE  LIVE,  a  look  at  issues 
of  domestic  struggle  generally  ignored 
by  mainstream  media.  Produced  by 
Sally  O'Brien. 

2:30  FREE  FORM  RADIO  Music  and 
poetry  with  Rosko 

4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE 

with  host,  Lee  Lowenfish  -  Beauty  and 
the  Beat,  a  radio  stew  of  jazz  and 


classics.  Today  we  bid  a  musical 
farewell  to  "Autumn  in  New  York." 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  UNDERCURRENTS  HIGHLIGHTS 

7:00  BEHIND  THE  NEWS.  An  in-depth 
discussion  of  the  day's  events, 
produced  by  Samori  Marksman. 

7:30  WORLD  VIEW.  International 
issues  with  Samori  Marksman. 

8:30  SEQUOYAH  -  NATIVE 
AMERICAN  NEWS  produced  by  Jim 
Buck. 

9:00  GET  RHYTHM!  Music  with  Pat 
Rich. 

10:00  WORLDWATCH.  This  Fall,  a 
journalism  conference  examined  many 
issues  for  the  profession  -  Sen- 
sationalism and  the  War  on  Drugs. 
Human  Rights,  Censorship  in  the 
Media,  the  New  Thought  Police  On 
Television  and  of  course,  Questioning 
Authority.  The  seminars  were  sponsored 
by  the  Free  Press  Association,  and  this 
program  documents  some  of  the  major 
proceedings  from  that  conference. 
Valerie  Van  Isler,  Executive  Producer. 

1 1 :00  NEWS  REBROADCAST 

1 1 :45  UNSTUCK  IN  TIME.  Uve  radio 
with  Margot  Adler. 

1 :00  WALDEN'S  POND.  A  show 
discussing  animal  rights,  ecology,  and 
spirituality.  Hosted  by  Shelton  Walden. 

3:30  ON  THE  ROCKS.  Music  with 
Roxanne. 

TUESDAY  December  19 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 
Rosemari  Mealy. 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

8:30  THE  MORNING  SHOW  continues 

9:30  THIRD  WORLD  GALLERY.  Music 
with  Chico  Alvarez. 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition  with  Gary  Null. 

1 .00  THIS  WAY  OUT  An  international 
magazine  for  and  about  the  Lesbian 
and  Gay  community. 

1:30  FRONTLINE:  MIDDLE  EAST.  This 
special  report  looks  at  the  Palestinian 
uprising,  the  Intifadah,  after  two  years  - 
with  live  updates  from  Israel/Palestine. 
Produced  by  Phyllis  Bennls. 

2:30  NOMMO  Mix  with  Executive 
Producer,  Anthony  Sloan. 

3:00  NOMMO  Radio  with  Andrew 
Byard 

4:00  NOMMO  Misc.  with  Harold 


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4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE 
with  Eva  Yaa  Asantewaa  and  Jennifer 
Bernet. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  UNDERCURRENTS  HIGHLIGHTS 

7:00  BEHIND  THE  NEWS.  An  in-depth 
discussion  of  the  day's  events, 
produced  by  Samori  Marksman. 

7:30  ECONONEWS.  Economic  and 
cultural  issues  with  Maarten  de  Kadt 
and  Richard  Schrader. 

8:30  VISIT  NEW  GRIMSTON, 
ANYWAY.  Another  episode  of  the 
hilarious  look  at  how  municipal  govern- 
ment is  run,  really.  A  ZPPR  production. 

9:00  STOLEN  MOMENTS.  Jazz  with 
Mahmoud  Ibrahim. 

1 0:00  AN  INJURY  TO  ALL  A  special  in- 
depth  report  on  the  continued  conflict 
between  the  United  Mine  Workers  of 
America  and  the  Pittston  Coal  Company 
of  Virginia.  Produced  by  Laura  Flanders. 

11:00  NEWS  REBROADCAST 

1 1 :45  LATE  NIGHT  LIVE  RADIO  with 
Carletta  J.  Walker. 

1:00  WEAPONRY.  Military  affairs  and 
hardware  with  Tom  Wisker. 

3:30  PUNK  AND  HARDCORE.  Music 
with  Susan  Browne. 

WEDNESDAY  December  20 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 

a  guest  host. 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

8:30  THE  MORNING  SHOW  continues 

9:30  GHOSTS  IN  THE  MACHINE: 
WOMEN  IN  POP.  The  divas  of  pop, 
funk,  punk,  rap,  reggae,  and  other  good- 
for-your-soul  styles,  in  music,  scene 
reports,  and  interviews.  With  host  Vic- 
toria Starr. 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition  with  Gary  Null. 

1:00  POLLUTION  SOLUTIONS.  In  this 

documentary  series,  The  Other 
Americas  Radio  presents  and  looks  into 
the  key  issues  affecting  our  environ- 
ment and  efforts  to  save  our  planet. 

1 :30  THE  POSITIVE  MIND  with  Ar- 
mand  DiMele. 

2:30  FREE  FORM  RADIO  Music  and 
poetry  with  Rosko. 

4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE 

with  Malika  Lee  Whitney.  Featuring  the 
Evening  Serial  at  4:30,  selected  shorts 
at  4:45pm,  Picknev  Place,  a  program  of 
storytelling  at  500,  and  interviews  at 
5:30. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 


6:45  UNDERCURRENTS  HIGHLIGHTS 

7:00  BEHIND  THE  NEWS.  An  in-depth 
discussion  of  the  day's  events, 
produced  by  Samori  Marksman. 

7:30  EXPLORATIONS.  Science  and 
peace  issues  with  Michio  Kaku. 

8:30  THE  CUTTING  EDGE:  BLACK 
NEWS  AND  VIEWS.  Produced  by  Jesse 
Keyes. 

9:00  NEW  YORK  COLLAGE.  The 

common  roots  of  all  music  originating 
in  the  Caribbean  Islands,  and  all  that  it 
has  grown  into.  Bring  on  the  good 
sounds!  Produced  by  Nancy  Rodriguez. 

1 0:00  THE  PERSONAL  COMPUTER 
SHOW.  Host,  Joe  King.  Co-hosts,  Hank 
Kee,  and  David  Burstein.  Produced  in 
cooperation  with  the  New  York  Amateur 
Computer  Club. 

1 1 :00  NEWS  REBROADCAST 

1 1 :45  EARTHWATCH.  Live  radio  with 
Robert  Knight. 

1 :30  CARRIER  WAVE.  Live  radio  with 
Sidney  Smith. 

3:30  OUT  OF  THE  SHADOWS.  Music 
with  Don  Scherdin. 

THURSDAY  December  21 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 
Will  K.  Wilkins. 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

9:30  SHOCKING  BLUE.  Music  with 

Delphine  Blue. 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition  with  Gary  Null. 

1:00  CONSIDER  THE  ALTERNA- 
TIVES. The  SANE  Education  Fund's 
documentary  series  focusing  on  peace 
and  disarmament  issues,  ecology  and 
alternatives  to  the  continuous  expansion 
of  the  war  machine. 

1 :30  LISTENERS'  ACTION  ON  HOME- 
LESSNESS  AND  HOUSING. 

2:30  ALTERNATIVA  LATINA.  Brings 
you  up  to  date  on  the  reality  of  Latin 
America,  with  interviews,  commentaries, 
the  news  and  the  music  of  the  New 
Song  Movement.  Produced  by  Boris 
Cardenas  and  the  Alternativa  Latina 
Collective. 

4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE. 

Lee  Ryan,  host.  Featuring  the  Evening 
Serial  at  4:30  and  Frederick  GeoBold's 
Lightshow. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  UNDERCURRENTS  HIGHLIGHTS 

7:00  BEHIND  THE  NEWS.  An  in-depth 
discussion  of  the  day's  events, 
produced  by  Samori  Marksman. 


7:30  RADIO  FREE  EIREANN 
SPECIAL  Ireland:  the  year  in  review. 
Highlights  of  1989,with  a  special  year- 
end  commentary  by  Mick  Dewan,  John 
McDonagh  and  folks  from  the  Irish 
Republican  Movement  in  Ireland. 

9:00  THE  TALKING  VIOLIN.  An 

Odyssey  through  time  with  the  violin,  as 
it  "sings"  every  style  of  music  im- 
aginable in  the  hands  of  creators,  in- 
novators and  visionaries.  Written  and 
produced  by  Julie  Lyonn  Lieberman 
with  Steve  Rathe.  Today,  "String  Bands" 
gives  an  overview  of  six  decades  of 
violin  improvisation  in  string  band 
music,  from  the  20s  to  the  present. 

10:00  AFRIKALEIDOSCOPE  with 
Elombe  Brath. 

11:00  NEWS  REBROADCAST 

1 1 :45  LATE  NIGHT  LIVE  RADIO  with 
Citizen  Kafka. 

1 :00  PRIMARY  SOURCES.  Uve  radio 
with  interim  host,  Bob  Fass. 

3:30  LIVE  AIR  -  or  is  it  Dead  Air? 
Anyway,  music  and  live  stuff  with 
partners  in  crime  David  Nolan  and  Doug 
Cheesman. 

FRIDAY  December  22 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 

Will  K.  Wilkins. 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

8:30  THE  MORNING  SHOW  continues 

9:35  STORMY  MONDAY.  Music  with 
Carletta  Joy  Walker. 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition  issues  with  Gary  Null. 

1:00  SOUTH  AFRICA  NOW:  THE 
RADIO  EDITION.  A  radio 
newsmagazine  on  the  events  in 
Southern  Africa,  delving  into  the  story 
behind  the  reports  coming  from  South 
Africa  and  the  Frontline  states.  This  pro- 
gram defies  the  media  ban/censorship 
imposed  by  the  Apartheid  regime. 
Produced  by  Globalvision  Television 
and  adapted  for  radio  by  Sally  O'Brien 
and  Zenzile  Khoisan. 

1 :30  HEALTHSTYLES.  Reproductive 
Rights  and  the  Courts.  Are  there  situa- 
tions where  a  woman  should  be 
charged  with  murder  if  she  miscarries? 
Should  substance  addicted  mothers  be 
charged  with  child  abuse  if  their  new- 
born tests  positive  for  drugs?  These  are 
some  of  the  issues  that  have  entered 
the  courtroom  and  will  be  discussed  live 
by  experts  in  the  field.  Produced  by 
Diana  Mason  of  WBAI's  Nursing  and 
Health  Resources  Network. 

2:30  UNDERCURRENTS  COVERAGE 

with  the  WBAI  Undercurrents  team  - 
Dennis  Bernstein,  Robert  Knight,  and 
Jessica  Jiji. 


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3:30  FRIDAY  AFTERNOON  with 

Dennis  Bernstein.  The  politics  and 
poetry  of  struggle. 

4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE 

with  host  Joseph  Hurley,  featuring  the 
Evening  Serial  at  4:30,  and  The  Screen- 
ing Room  at  5:30  with  Paul  Wunder  and 
Joseph  Hurley  reviewing  and  discussing 
the  latest  films. 

«:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  DATELINE  NICARAGUA.  The 

story  behind  the  headlines  -  news  and 
features  direct  from  Managua. 
Produced  by  Julie  Light 

7:00  AIDS  IN  FOCUS,  a  weekly 
magazine  on  the  politics  and  culture  of 
the  AIDS  pandemic,  produced  by 
Michael  Alcalay. 

7:15  FEARFUL  SYMMETRY  with  Leo 
Cawley. 

8:00  WORKING  TITLE.  Readings 
produced  by  Alma  Avila. 

8:30  A  MOVEABLE  FEAST.Tonight, 
Claribel  AJegria  reads  poems  from 
Rowers  From  the  Volcano  and  an  ex- 
cerpt from  her  novel,  Ashes  of  Izalco 
and  talks  about  the  rebel  struggle  in  El 
Salvador. 

9:00  HOME  FRIES.  Uve  radio, 
comedy,  music  and  call-ins  with  Fred 
Herschkowitz. 

10:30  BLACK  ROCK  COALITION 

12:00  NIGHTFLYTE.  Music  with  Chet 
Jackson. 

3:00  MUSIC  FROM  THE  CENTER  OF 
THE  EARTH  with  hosts  Bill  Wells  and 
Gary  Olson. 

SATURDAY  December  23 

5:00  HOUR  OF  THE  WOLF.  Science 
fiction,  fantasy,  enchantment,  and  the 
imagination.  Live  radio  with  Jim  Freund. 
And  this  morning,  The  Council  of  Flrond 

7:00  AS  I  PLEASE.  "...  for  none  of  us 
can  ever  express  the  exact  measure  of 
his  needs  or  thoughts  or  his  sorrows; 
and  human  speech  is  like  a  cracked  ket- 
tle on  which  we  tap  crude  rhythms  for 
bears  to  dance  to,  while  we  long  to 
make  music  that  will  melt  the  stars." 

8:30  ANY  SATURDAY.  Uve  radio  with 
David  Rothenberg. 

10:30  LUNCHPAIL  Uve  radio  with  Paul 
Gorman. 

12:30  PIPER  IN  THE  MEADOW  STRAY- 
ING. Folk  music  with  Edward  Haber. 

2:00  COUNTRY  MUSIC  ALTERNA- 
TIVES. Bluegrass  and  traditional  music 
with  Tom  Tortorella 

3:30  UNSUNG  HEROES.  Music  with 
Jordyn  Tyson. 


The  Mandela  Wall  in  Northern  Ireland  -  listen  to  The  Black  and  Irish  Communing  in 
the  1990s.  Tuesday,  December  26th  at  7:30pm. 


4:30  JAZZ  SAMPLER  with  Bill  Farrar. 

6:00  HEAR  AND  NOW.  New  music 
with  Cynthia  Bell  and  Julie  Ueberman. 

7:00  HOUSING  NOTEBOOK  with 

members  of  the  Metropolitan  Council 
on  Housing. 

8:00  WORLD  DANCE  PARTY.  African. 
Caribbean  and  Afro-Cuban  music, 
produced  by  A)  Angeloro. 

10:30  RADIO  UNNAMEABLE.  Uve 

radio  with  Bob  Fass. 

1:00  CHRISTMAS  EVE  SPECIAL: 
Radio  Drama  and  Speakout  on  Home- 
lessness.  Anthony  Sloan,  the  Usteners' 
Action  Coalition  on  Homelessness  and 
Housing  and  the  Creative  Unity  Collec- 
tive will  present  a  live  radio  drama  (from 
1 -3:30am)  and  live  speakout  from  Penn 
Station  (from  3:30-5am)  on  homeless- 
ness in  New  York  City. 

SUNDAY  December 24 

5:00  SOUNDTRACK.  Throughout  the 
month  of  December,  Soundtrack  will  be 
presenting  the  classic  film  music  of 
Bernard  Herrmann  (1911-1975).  Most  of 
these  recordings  are  being  broadcast 
for  the  first  time  from  CDs  not  available 
from  local  record  stores  This  morning, 
The  Trouble  With  Harry  (1955),  Vertigo 
(1958),  North  by  Northwest  (1959)  and 
Mamie  (1964)  Produced  by  Paul 
Wunder. 

7.00  MARTIN  SOKOLS  THROUGH 
THE  OPERA  GLASS  Regina  Fiorilo 
Sokol,  Executive  Producer 

9:30  HERE  OF  A  SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Early  music  with  Chris  Whent 

1 1 :30  HARD  WORK.  Uve  radio  with 
Mike  Feder. 

1  00  CON  SABOR  LATINO.  Issues  and 
music  from  the  Latino  community,  with 


hosts  Mickey  Melendez  and  Hernando 
Alvaricci. 

5:30  LATINO  JOURNAL  Producer 
Santiago  Nieves  focuses  on  the  issues, 
concerns,  and  interests  of  the  tri-state 
area's  growing  Latino  community. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:30  STORY  READINGS.  Actress  Car- 
men Rivera  reads  from  Grace  Paley's 
short  stories.  Produced  by  Ana  Patig, 
with  artistic  direction  by  Ben  Carney. 

7:00  FROM  COMPOSER  TO  PERFOR- 
MANCE. A  documentary  about  William 
0.  Smith,  composer  and  jazz  musician, 
as  he  conducts  the  premiere  of  his 
piece.  Illuminated  Manuscripts  with  the 
Sonic  Ventorum  Woodwind  Quintet. 
Produced  by  Joan  Rabinowitz. 

7:30  THE  GAY  SHOW.  Christmas  Eve 
in  New  York.  Even  for  non-believing 
Gays  and  Lesbians,  'tis  the  season  for 
longing  for  that  infamous  thing  called 
Family.  Join  Larry,  Udell,  and  Bob  (plus 
Santa,  with  his  favorite  Chubby  Chaser), 
for  tonight's  festive  Gay  magazine  of  the 
air. 

8:30  EMANATIONS.  Uve  radio  with 
Bernard  White. 

9:30  THE  GOLDEN  AGE  OF  RADIO. 

Our  annual  holiday  treat  for  you  -3  1/2 
hours  of  Christmas  Classics  to  make  the 
season  bright,  whether  you're  hanging 
up  your  stocking  or  just  hanging  out. 
Gather  the  family,  warm  the  Wassail 
and  enjoy  Included  will  be  the  annual 
Grand  Central  Station  Christmas  story, 
Jimmy  Stewart  in  It's  A  Wonderful  Ufe 
from  Screen  Directors  Playhouse,  and 
five  more  great  reasons  not  to  slash 
your  wrists,  even  il  you're  all  alone.  At 
least  you'll  have  me,  Max  Schmid 

1 :00  BACK  OF  THE  BOOK  Bah!  Let's 
gun  down  Santa  as  he  flies  over  the  roof- 


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tops!  Hell,  maybe  he's  a  listener.  Maybe 
he's  really  tranced  out  up  in  that  sleigh 
of  his  It's  actually  Xmas  as  you  listen  to 
this  program;  so  if  you're  feeling  par- 
ticularly miserable,  as  your  host  plans 
to,  count  on  this  show  to  counter 
"Seasonality."  Just  dont  count  too  high 
or  you'll  fall  of  the  edge.  At  least  after 
today  you  wont  have  to  hear  all  of  that 
cheery  crap!  Free  Form  Live  Radio,  and 
Humbuggery,  by  R.  Paul  Martin. 

3:00  EVERYTHING  OLD  IS  NEW 
AGAIN.  Music  with  Dave  Kenney. 

MONDAY  December  25 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 
Rosemari  Mealy. 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

8:30  THE  MORNING  SHOW  continues 

9:30  HOLIDAY  SEASON  SPECIAL  Dr. 

Leonard  Lehrman,  composer  and  WBAI 
producer,  brings  you  a  special  program 
of  Christmas  and  Hanukkah  music. 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition,  with  Gary  Null. 

1:00  CROSSROADS.  A  news 

magazine  on  multi-cultural  issues  with  a 
focus  on  Third  World  concerns. 

1:30  HUMAN  RIGHTS  IN  AMERICA. 

Discussions,  with  Uoyd  D'Aguilar  and 
Joy  James. 

2:30  FREE  FORM  RADIO  Music  and 
poetry  with  Rosko. 

4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE 

with  host,  Lee  Lowenfish  -  Beauty  and 
the  Beat,  a  radio  stew  of  jazz  and  clas- 
sics. Today  we  celebrate  jazz  master 
Shorty  Jackson's  90th  birthday  with  a 
rebroadcast  of  our  1986  special,  "I 
Knocks  'Em  Dead  and  Then  I  Buries 
'Em." 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  UNDERCURRENTS  HIGHLIGHTS 

7:00  BEHIND  THE  NEWS.  An  in-depth 
discussion  of  the  day's  events. 
produced  by  Samori  Marksman. 

7:30  HOUSING  NOW!:  THE  JOURNEY 
HOME.  Why  is  there  a  homeless  crisis 
in  America  today?  And  why  are  children 
the  fastest-growing  segment  of  our 
homeless?  Listen  to  this  one-hour 
documentary  including  the  voices  of  the 
homeless  men  and  women  who  walked 
250  miles  to  Washington,  DC,  the  Rev. 
Jesse  Jackson,  Tracy  Chapman,  Jon 
Voight  and  many  others.  A  rebroadcast 
of  a  special  produced  by  David  Mendel- 
sohn and  Andrew  Phillips  of  WBAI's 
award-winning  Listeners'  Action  on 
Homelessness  and  Housing  team. 

8:30  SEQUOYAH  -  NATIVE 
AMERICAN  NEWS  produced  by  Jim 
Buck. 


9:00  A  TASTE  OF  THE  BLUES  with 
Tom  Pomposello. 

10:00  ASIAN/AMERICAN  FOCUS. 

Issues,  events  and  analysis  on  the  New 
York  Asian-American  community,  in  a 
holiday  special.  Produced  by  Michael 
Matsumoto  and  others 

1 1 :00  NEWS  REBROADCAST 

1 1 :45  UNSTUCK  IN  TIME.  Uve  radio 
with  Margot  Adler. 

1:00  THE  MOORISH  ORTHODOX 
RADIO  CRUSADE.  Xerox-zines,  Sufism, 
and  other  fun  for  brainiacs.  Live  radio 
with  Peter  Lamborn  Wilson. 

3:30  ON  THE  ROCKS.  Music  with 
Roxanne. 

TUESDAY  December  26 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 
Rosemari  Mealy. 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

8:30  THE  MORNING  SHOW  continues 

9:30  ALL  MIXED  UP.  A  unique  pro- 
gram of  audio  mixes,  with  Peter  Bochan. 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition  with  Gary  Null. 

1 :00  THIS  WAY  OUT.  An  international 
magazine  for  and  about  the  Lesbian 
and  Gay  community. 

1:30  THE  ALLIANCE  REPORT 

produced  in  association  with  the  Nation- 
al Alliance  of  Third  World  Journalists. 

2:30  NOMMO  Mix  with  Executive 
Producer,  Anthony  Sloan. 

3:00  NOMMO  Radio  with  Andrew 
Byard. 

4:00  NOMMO  Misc.  with  Harold. 

4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE 

with  Eva  Yaa  Asantewaa  and  Jennifer 
Bernet. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  UNDERCURRENTS  HIGHLIGHTS 

7:00  BEHIND  THE  NEWS.  An  in-depth 
discussion  of  the  day's  events, 
produced  by  Samori  Marksman. 

7:30  THE  BLACK  AND  IRISH  COM- 
MUNITIES IN  THE  1990s.  Connections, 
past  and  present.  Historical  differences 
and  similarities,  as  well  as  an  analysis  of 
the  twin  struggles  in  contemporary 
America  and  the  possibility  of  mutually 
beneficial  connections  in  the  future. 
Produced  by  Mick  Dewan  and  Samori 
Marksman. 

8:30  PUBLIC  RADIO  BOOK  SHOW. 

Tom  Smith  of  the  Writer's  Institute  in  Al- 
bany interviews. Shay  Youngblood 
about  her  first  book.  The  Big  Mama 
Stories- 


9:00  STOLEN  MOMENTS.  Jazz  with 
Mahmoud  Ibrahim. 

10:00  THE  YEAR  IN  REVIEW:  1989.  A 

WBAI  Public  Affairs  Department  Special 
Report:  from  the  inauguration  of  George 
Bush  to  the  disbanding  of  the  Contras, 
from  the  changing  face  of  the  Eastern 
Bloc  countries  to  independence  for 
Namibia,  1989  capped  a  decade  of 
monumental  change  in  the  World.  Join 
us  for  this  special  overview  of  the  year's 
events,  including  the  rise  of  ARENA  in  El 
Salvador,  the  "war  on  Drugs"  in  Colom- 
bia and  the  on-going  Palestinian  In- 
tifadah  on  the  West  Bank  and  Gaza 
Strip.  We  also  ask  the  pressing  ques- 
tion: what  can  we  expect  in  the  1990s? 

1 1 :00  NEWS  REBROADCAST 

1 1 :45  LATE  NIGHT  UVE  RADIO  with 
Carletta  J.  Walker. 

1 :00  WEAPONRY.  Military  affairs  and 
hardware  with  Tom  Wisker. 

3:30  MONSTERS  FROM  THE  ID.  Punk 
rock  from  the  dark  side  of  your  brain.  A 
show  not  to  be  slept  through,  and  we 
won't  let  you.  With  Ed  Banger  and  Sue 
Real. 

WEDNESDAY  December  27 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 

a  guest  host. 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

8:30  THE  MORNING  SHOW  continues 

9:30  GHOSTS  IN  THE  MACHINE: 
WOMEN  IN  POP.  The  divas  of  pop, 
funk,  punk,  rap,  reggae,  and  other  good- 
for-your-soul  styles,  in  music,  scene 
reports,  and  interviews.  With  host 
Victoria  Starr. 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition  with  Gary  Null. 

1:00  POLLUTION  SOLUTIONS.  Tthis 
documentary  series,  looks  into  the  key 
issues  affecting  our  environment . 


Farewell  to  the  Terrible  80s  -  a  Building 

Bridges  special  decade-end  review  from  a 

labor  perspective,  Thureday,  December 

28lh  at  7:30pm. 


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1 :30  CITY  POLITICS.  Discussions  with 
David  Mendelsohn. 

2:30  FREE  FORM  RADIO.  Music  and 
poetry  with  Rosko 

4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE 

with  Malika  Lee  Whitney.  Featuring  the 
Evening  Serial  at  4:30,  selected  shorts 
at  4:45pm  and  Picknev  Place,  a  pro- 
gram of  storytelling  at  5:00,. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  UNDERCURRENTS  HIGHLIGHTS 

7:00  BEHIND  THE  NEWS.  An  in-depth 
discussion  of  the  day's  events, 
produced  by  Samori  Marksman. 

7:30  EXPLORATIONS.  Science  and 
peace  issues  with  Michio  Kaku. 

8:30  THE  CUTTING  EDGE:  BLACK 
NEWS  AND  VIEWS.  Produced  by  Jesse 
Keyes. 

9:00  NEW  YORK  COLLAGE.  The 

common  roots  of  all  music  originating 
in  the  Caribbean  Islands,  and  all  that  it 
has  grown  into.  Bring  on  the  good 
sounds!  Produced  by  Nancy  Rodriguez. 

10:00  THE  PERSONAL  COMPUTER 
SHOW.  Host,  Joe  King.  Co-hosts,  Hank 
Kee,  and  David  Burstein.  Produced  in 
cooperation  with  the  New  York  Amateur 
Computer  Club. 

11:00  NEWS  REBROADCAST 

1 1 :45  EARTHWATCH.  Live  radio  with 
Robert  Knight. 

1 :30  CARRIER  WAVE.  Live  radio  with 
Sidney  Smith. 

3:30  COSMIK  DEBRIS.  Music  from  the 
Void. 

THURSDAY  December  28 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 

Will  K.  Wilkins. 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

9:30  SHOCKING  BLUE.  Music  with 
Delphine  Blue. 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition  with  Gary  Null. 

1:00  CONSIDER  THE  ALTERNA- 
TIVES. The  SANE  Education  Fund's 
documentary  series  focusing  on  peace 
and  disarmament  issues,  ecology  and 
alternatives  to  the  continuous  expansion 
of  the  war  machine. 

1:30  GRAY  PANTHER  REPORT  with 
Lydla  Bragger. 

2:30  ALTERNATIVA  LATINA.  Brings 
you  up  to  date  on  the  reality  of  Latin 
America,  with  interviews,  commentaries, 
the  news  and  the  music  of  the  New 
Song  Movement  Produced  by  Boris 
Cardenas  and  the  Alternative  Latina 
Collective. 


4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE. 

Lee  Ryan,  host.  Featuring  the  Evening 
Serial  at  4:30  and  Frederick  GeoBold's 
Liohtshow. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  UNDERCURRENTS  HIGHLIGHTS 

7:00  BEHIND  THE  NEWS.  An  in-depth 
discussion  of  the  day's  events, 
produced  by  Samori  Marksman. 

7:30  BUILDING  BRIDGES  SPECIAL 
REPORT.  Farewell  to  the  terrible  80s  - 
the  decade  in  review  from  a  labor 
perspective.  According  to  United  Mine 
Workers'  Union  President  Richard 
Trumpka,  the  big  corporations  set  the 
national  agenda  in  the  80s,  but  it  will  be 
labor's  turn  in  the  90s.  This  roundtable 
discussion  by  veteran  correspondents 
will  analyze  labor  trends  in  the  80s  with 
special  emphasis  on  recent  develop- 
ments, and  prospects  for  change  in  the 
90s.  Participants  will  include  Ken  Crowe 
from  Newsday  and  Jane  Slaughter  from 
Labor  Notes.  Produced  by  Mimi  Rosen- 
berg and  Ken  Nash. 

9:00  THE  TALKING  VIOLIN.  An  Odys- 
sey through  time  with  the  violin,  as  it 
"sings"  every  style  of  music  imaginable 
in  the  hands  of  creators,  innovators  and 
visionaries.  Written  and  produced  by 
Julie  Lyonn  Lieberman  with  Steve 
Rathe.  Today,  New  Age  Strings"  fea- 
tures contemporary  violinists  who  com- 
bine technology,  world  music  and 
improvisation  to  create  new  styles  on 
the  violin,  with  artists  David  Darling, 
Darol  Anger  and  Julie  Lyonn  Lieberman. 

10:00  CARIBBEAN  AND  LATIN 
AMERICAN  REPORT  produced  by 
Annette  Walker  and  others. 

1 1 :00  NEWS  REBROADCAST 

11:45  INVESTIGATIONS.  Uve  radio 
and  documentary  with  Andrew  Phillips. 

1:00  PRIMARY  SOURCES.  Uve  radio 
with  interim  host,  Bob  Fass. 

3:30  MORNING  DEW.  A  program 
devoted  to  the  music  of  the  Grateful 
Dead.  Produced  by  Lance  Neal. 

FRIDAY  December 29 

6:00  THE  MORNING  MAGAZINE  with 
Will  K.  Wilkins. 

8:00  UNDERCURRENTS 

8:30  THE  MORNING  SHOW  continues 

9:30  THIRD  WORLD  MUSIC 
MASTERS.  A  special  interview  about 
life  and  music  with  jazz  artist  Carmen 
McRae.  Produced  by  RB  Isles 

12:00  NATURAL  LIVING.  Health  and 
nutrition  issues  with  Gary  Null 

1 :00  SOUTH  AFRICA  NOW:  THE 
RADIO  EDITION.  A  radio 

newsmagazine  on  the  events  In 


Southern  Africa,  delving  into  the  story 
behind  the  reports  coming  from  South 
Africa  and  the  Frontline  states.  This  pro- 
gram defies  the  media  ban/censorship 
imposed  by  the  Apartheid  regime. 
Produced  by  Globalvision  Television 
and  adapted  for  radio  by  Sally  O'Brien 
and  Zenzile  Khoisan. 

1:30  SOUTHERN  AFRICA:  A 
REGIONAL  ANALYSIS.  A  special  year 
end  wrap-up  of  events  in  Southern 
Africa,  including  the  impact  of  Giasnost, 
political  prisoners,  the  Namibian  elec- 
tions, the  role  of  US  banks  in  South 
Africa,  US  policy  in  the  region  and 
projections  for  the  future.  Produced  by 
Bernard  White. 

2:30  UNDERCURRENTS  COVERAGE 

with  the  WBAI  Undercurrents  team  - 
Dennis  Bernstein,  Robert  Knight,  and 
Jessica  Jiji. 

3:30  MEDIUM  HOT.  International 
affairs  with  an  emphasis  on  how  the 
different  media  present  the  issues 
Produced  by  Adele  Oltman  and  Sheila 
Ryan. 

4:30  THE  WBAI  ARTS  MAGAZINE 

with  host  Joseph  Hurley,  featuring  the 
Evening  Serial  at  4:30,  and  The  Screen- 
ing Room  at  5:30  with  Paul  Wunder  and 
Joseph  Hurley  reviewing  and  discussing 
the  latest  films. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:45  DATEUNE  NICARAGUA  The 
story  behind  the  headlines  -  news  and 
features  direct  from  Managua. 
Produced  by  Julie  Light. 

7:00  AIDS  IN  FOCUS,  the  politics  and 
culture  of  the  AIDS  pandemic,  produced 
by  Michael  Alcalay. 

7:15  FEARFUL  SYMMETRY  with  Leo 

Cawley. 

8:00  BEHIND  THE  SCREENS.  Movie 
matters  with  Delores  Hayes. 

8:30  A  MOVEABLE  FEAST.  Tonight, 
Larry  Brown  reads  from  his  acclaimed 
first  novel,  Dirty  Work,  and  talks  about 
his  experiences  with  Vietnam  veterans 

9:00  THE  BERNIE  STARR  SHOW. 

Rock  n  roll  and  comedy  adventure. 

12:00  NIGHTFLYTE.  Music  with  Kofi 
Pendergrass. 

3:00  MUSIC  FROM  THE  CENTER  OF 
THE  EARTH  with  hosts  Bill  Wells  and 
Gary  Olson 

SATURDAY  December M) 

5:00  HOUR  OF  THE  WOLF.  Science 
fiction,  fantasy,  enchantment,  and  the 
imagination.  Live  radio  with  Jim  Freund 
This  morning,  Jim  celebrates  the  end  of 
a  decade  and  his  birthday  with  a  merry 
crew:  Steeleye  Span,  Jethro  Tull,  Renais- 
sance and  other  Celtic  rockers. 


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7:00  AS  I  PLEASE. "...  for  none  of  us 
can  ever  express  the  exact  measure  of 
his  needs  or  thoughts  or  his  sorrows; 
and  human  speech  is  like  a  cracked  ket- 
tle on  which  we  tap  crude  rhythms  for 
bears  to  dance  to,  while  we  long  to 
make  music  that  will  melt  the  stars." 

8:30  ANY  SATURDAY.  Live  radio  with 
David  Rothenberg. 

10:30  LUNCHPAIL  Uve  radio  with  Paul 
Gorman. 

12:30  PIPER  IN  THE  MEADOW  STRAY- 
ING. Folk  music  with  Edward  Haber. 

2:00  COUNTRY  MUSIC  ALTERNA- 
TIVES. Bluegrass  and  traditional  music 
with  Tom  Tortorella. 

3:30  SLIPKNOTI  Music  with  Spyder. 

4:30  JAZZ  SAMPLER  with  Bill  Farrar. 

6:00  HEAR  AND  NOW.  New  music 
with  Cynthia  Bell  and  Julie  Lyonn 
Lieberman. 

7:00  HOUSING  NOTEBOOK. 

8:00  WORLD  DANCE  PARTY.  African, 
Caribbean  and  Afro-Cuban  music, 
produced  by  Al  Angeloro. 

10:30  RADIO  UNNAMEABLE.  Live 
radio  with  Bob  Fass. 

1 :00  LABBRISH.  Uve  radio  with  Habte 
Selassie. 

SUNDAY  December  31 

5:00  SOUNDTRACK.  Throughout  the 
month  of  December,  Soundtrack  will  be 
presenting  the  classic  film  music  of 
Bernard  Herrmann  (1911-1975).  Most  of 
these  recordings  are  being  broadcast 
for  the  first  time  from  CDs  not  available 
from  local  record  stores.  This  morning, 
The  Seventh  Voyage  of  Sinbad  (1958), 
The  Three  Worlds  of  Gulliver  (1960), 
Mysterious  Island  (1961)  and  Jason  and 
the  Argonauts  (1963).  Produced  by  Paul 
Wunder. 

7:00  MARTIN  SOKOL'S  THROUGH 
THE  OPERA  GLASS.  Regina  Fiorito 
Sokol,  Executive  Producer. 

9:30  HERE  OF  A  SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Early  music  with  Chris  Whent. 

1 1 :30  HARD  WORK.  Uve  radio  with 
Mike  Feder. 

1 :00  CON  SABOR  LATINO.  Issues  and 
music  from  the  Latino  community,  with 
hosts  Mickey  Melendez  and  Hernando 
Alvaricci. 

5:30  LATINO  JOURNAL  Producer 
Santiago  Nieves  focuses  on  the  issues, 
concerns,  and  interests  of  the  tri-state 
area's  growing  Latino  community. 

6:00  THE  WBAI  EVENING  NEWS 

6:30  STORY  READINGS.  Actress  Tobi 
Kanter  reads  the  short  stories  of  Flan- 


nery  O'Connor  in  the  special  new  WBAI 
series.  Produced  by  Ana  Patig,  with 
artistic  direction  by  Ben  Carney. 

7:00  FROM  COMPOSER  TO 
PERFORMANCE.  Continuing  our  new 
music  series  -  a  documentary  about  the 
Japanese-American  composer  Paul 
Chihara  and  the  Almont  Chamber  En- 
semble performing  his  work  Serenade. 
Produced  by  Joan  Rabinowitz. 

7:30  OUTLOOKS:  THE  GAY  AND 
LESBIAN  COMMUNITY  ON  THE  AIR. 

New  definitions  for  our  communities  in 
the  90s.  Produced  by  the  Gay  and  Les- 
bian Independent  Broadcasters 
(G.L.I.B.). 

8:30  EMANATIONS.  Uve  radio  with 
Bernard  White. 

9:00  SHORTCUTS  THROUGH  THE 
80s:  The  Decade  It  All  Broke  Down.  As 

we  end  the  1990s,  producer  Peter 
Bochan  takes  us  through  the  Reagan 
era,  Bhopal,  earthquakes,  hurricanes, 
elections,  Chernobyl,  South  Africa, 
Contragate,  the  assassination  of  John 
Lennon,  attempts  on  the  Pope  and 
Reagan,  Nicaragua,  Tiananmen  Square, 
the  Rainbow  Coalition  and  Jesses  Jack- 
son, and  much,  much  more. 

12:00  THE  GOLDEN  AGE  OF  RADIO. 

Vintage  radio  with  Max  Schmid. 

1:00  THE  CREATIVE  UNITY 
COLLECTIVE 

3:00  EVERYTHING  OLD  IS  NEW 
AGAIN.  Music  with  Dave  Kenney. 


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Photo  Credits: 

Jon  Faddis  (page  3):    Hans  Neleman 

Emile  DeAnlonio  (page  3):  Bill  & 
Gewn  Sloan 

Aldous  Huxley  (page  8:)    Estate  of 
George  Piatt  Lynes  courtesy  of  Linda 
Hyman  Fine  Arts 

Housing  Now!  March  (November  Folio 
page  10):  Mike  Camber/Impact  Visuals 

Crafts  Fair  logo:  Gilbert  Lesser 


The  December  meeting  of  the  Local  Board  of 
Directors  of  WBAI  will  be  held  on  December 
16th  al  2pm  al  Ferris  Booth  Hall,  1 15th  Street 
and  Broadway,  NYC.  If  there  is  any  change  in 
meeting  time  or  location,  it  will  be  announced 
frequently  on  the  air. 

WBAI  is  a  50,000  watt  listener-sponsored 
community  radio  station  broadcasting  to  most 
of  the  metropolitan  area  of  New  York  and 
New  Jersey.  Our  address  is:  505  8th  Avenue, 
New  York,  NY,  10018  (212)  279-0707.  The 
station  is  licensed  to  the  Pacifica  Foundation 
and  broadcasts  at  a  frequency  of  99.5MHz. 
Subscriptions  are  available  at  $45fyr  ($25/yr 
student/senior),  $2  of  which  underwrites  the 
cost  of  one  year's  Folio  subscription.  The 
WBAI  Folio  is  published  1 1  times  a  year  and  is 
distributed  to  all  subscribers. 

When  drafting  your  will,  please  consider 
making  a  bequest  to  WBAI-Pacifica.  For 
information,  write  or  call  Rosemarie  Reed, 
Station  Manager,  WBAJ-FM,  505  Eighth 
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to  our  Subscriptions  Department  at  our 
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been  entered  in  our  computer,  the  letters  NX 
will  appear  on  the  top  line  of  your  mailing  list, 
to  the  right  of  the  expiration  date  of  your 
subscription. 


THE  1989  AUTHOR'S  TABLE 

RETURNS  TO  THE  18th  ANNUAL 

WBAI  HOLIDAY  CRAFTS  FAIR 

SMALL  PRESS  BOOKS, 

CALENDARS,  POST  CARDS  AND 

APPOINTMENT  BOOKS 

A  FREE  book  with  your  subscription  renewal 
at  the  WBAI  Author's  Table 

If  you're  already  a  subscriber,  you'l  receive  a 

10%  discount  on  any  selection  from  over  100 

book  titles 

WBAI  radio  personalites/authors  Gary  Null, 
Mike  Feder,  Michio  Kaku  and  Bill  Tabb  will  be 
present  to  autograph  books  and  take  your 
pledges      • 

THE  ALTERNATIVE  PRESS  IS 

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AUTHORS  TABLE 


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THE  18th  ANNUAL  WBAI 
HOLIDAY  CRAFTS  FAIR 

The  oldest,  largest  (not  to  mention  most  exciting,)  winter  crafts 
marketplace  in  America  will  be  taking  place  during  the  three 
weekends  immediately  prior  to  Christmas  (Friday  through  Sun- 
day, December  1-3, 8-10  and  15-17.  The  Fair  will  be  taking  place 
at  Columbia  University's  Ferris  Booth  Hall,  located  at  115th 
Street  and  Broadway  in  Manhattan,  and  is  open  to  the  public 
on  Fridays  from  5  to  9pm,  and  from  Ham  to  6pm  on  Saturdays 
and  Sundays.  Over  325  craftspersons  from  around  the  country 
will  display  and  sell  their  own  handmade  work  over  the  three 
weeks,  and  there  will  be  assorted  homemade  (delicious)  foods, 
deserts  and  refreshments  available.  Live  entertainment  will  be 
featured  daily,  as  well. 

Listen  to  our  special  programs  on  the  Fair  on  The  WBAI  Arts 
Magazine,  12/4,5, 6, 7 and 8 at  5:50pm  and  12/1,6,8, 13 and  15  at 
9:30am. 

SEE  YOU  AT  THE  FAIR!! 


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